and there are more protests scheduled in the meantime. at freedom plaza, reporting live, derrick ward, news4. >>> right now, an eight-hour stand offis under way in prince george's county. police are trying to get a man who barricaded himself inside his apartment to come out peacefully. it started around 10:00 this morning in the 2500 block of kent town place in landover. police say a man fled a hit and run accident and ran inside an apartment. officers evacuated the surrounding buildings. police say the man from the other car in the accident is okay. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the deadliest fire in more than 60 years in west virginia's capital city. the early morning blaze killed a family of eight, including six children, all under the age of 8. another child is on life support. neighbors say the family was hosting a birthday party last night. charleston firefighters found one smoke detector in the house, but it was not working. >>> early voting in maryland is now under way. today, voters headed to the polls in s

in the meantime at & t and verizon say they have stopped cramming.e wants a bill passed. >>> check your phone bill make sure you are not getting charged these fraudulent charges. thanks lauren. it is now 19 minutes after the hour. in just a few hours from now the weekly unemployment figures come out and that's why we want to help. three companies hiring right now. all he did was ask the cashier if he was eligible for a military discount. what the soldier got instead. an insult like you have never heard before. a quick look at this morning's prices at the pump. we are inching closer to the average. the average 3.92 a gallon. >> 23 after the hour. quick headlines for you. we have obtained amazing dashcam video of the stolen school bus chase. you can see the police sufficient slamming into the bus to get it off the road. the driver stole it from a bus yard in albuquerque key. luckily no children were on the bus. the bus driver surrendered to police. andrea yates is requesting to be released from lock down each sunday so she can go to church. a texas jud

in the meantime, looking at temperatures very cold in the 20s, you need to bundle up as you head outnd about. mostly clear. the winds northwest at 5 miles per hour. not so bad. satellite and radar. nothing to be hold. no type of clouds or precipitation. we got the snow in here yesterday. light showers and now they are gone. left with plenty of sunshine, courtesy of this area of high pressure, we have the north westerly flow around it, this will slide towards the east. more of a return flow and that's why the temperatures are going to warm up as we go in to the middle of the week and ends of the week and in to the latter part of the weekend. future trend, picking up a few clouds, moving across the area as we get warm air. lots of sunshine in the forecast, even for tomorrow. it won't be until thursday we see a chance for showers working in ahead of a cold front that will approach on friday. your neighborhood forecast for today is a little bit on the chilly side. 46 degrees in to wood lawn, riviera, 45 degrees, by tonight, the temperature 30 degrees, mostly clear, cold. tomorrow's tempe

meantime at his victory party last night in boston, mitts romney declined againton comment or condemnrks. when asked again about his thoughts on limbaugh's words romney would only say "my campaign is about jobs and the economy and scaling back the size of the government. i'm not going to weigh in on that particular controversy." romney had previously said only it's not the language he would have used. joining me is shauna thomas, co-founder of ultraviolet. her organization is a part of the push to get sponsors away from rush limbaugh's show. what do you make of limbaugh saying these reports aren't true? one puts the number around 35 who have left his show as sponsors or ads there. >> yeah, hanks f rkthanks for h. i'm not sure where he gets that number. it's been the case that tisers have been dropping like flies over the last few days. i think the number is actually over 40 now. advertisers he's claiming are staying sticking with him or maybe returning are going to be feeling a lot of pressure if that turns out to be true. they're going to have to explain to comrers and shareholders w

. >>> meantime, look at these little guys. trujillo family put words into ak, making lunches that will be delivered to field workers throughout the day and he does that every single year. >> that is a great story. damian and family, nice work there. >>> it's no secret it's friday. it's the final day of the financial quarter. >> well, good morning. technically, march doesn't end until midnight saturday, but today's the last business day of the first quarter and the markets have done very well. now, assuming there are no major catastrophes today, the nasdaq index will be up for the quarter more than 20%. it's best first quarter performance in almost 25 years. now we continue to watch those local companies which started trading this week. vo, kr era communications fell after a big run-up after the last couple of days and cafe press trading about even. so april 1st falls on saturday this year, but we still expect high-tech companies to announce all kinds of new projects nonetheless. things like the google moon base and google anno

. >>> meantime new at 11:00, a ride at a bus -- a ride on bus hit a woman in silver spring. accident happened near east-west highway and grub road and the rear wheels of the bus ran over the woman's foot and she became trapped. emergency crews eventually got her out of there. the bus driver also had to be treated at the scene for anxiety. nobody else hurt. >>> you remember that prince george's councilman caught speeding on the beltway at some speeds exceeding over 100 miles an hour. some upset she only received improper lane change. more charges were added today. matt jablow has the update on that. >> reporter: it was exactly two weeks ago that karen toles was pulled over for apparently driving more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway. >> 105 was registered on the camera in the patrol officer's car. >> reporter: toles was given a ticket for an improper lane change but not for speeding leading to speculation that she was given preferential treatment. >> he didn't have probable cause for speed. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief today announced the results of a

recently as the country is very close to a civil war that is more a financial reporting verbal and meantime look at a recruiter over just came back from homs so she witnessed a scene of chaos and carnage in the water on city. i spent nine days in homs with the syrian red crescent and saw killing and bloodshed i saw with my own eyes blood in corpses especially at a place called rust on there i saw a lot of lebanese mercenaries a city of homs itself is divided into with regime supporters are known side and the islamist opposition on the other i talk to members of the syrian army who told me about turn all search it into between homes and lebanon which are used by mercenaries who were paid a lot of money to fight the army much of the fault of the bloodshed rest of your position the wall so cause casualties as they fire on government forces and areas but the people themselves they just want to be left alone and not be killed by either side. door for more the situation in and around syria let's not talk to ashwin burner protocol order for the conflicts forum in beirut for us. both good to see you thanks

. >>> we'll be back at the attorneys general meeting after the break. in the meantime, here's a look at part of the earlier sessions welcome remarks. in my first year of attorney general we've been fortunate to have a very product i collaboration with many of you at nag. we have appreciated the perspective and time given by nag and its executive director jim mcpherson. and several attorneys general to inform our thinking on challenges and opportunities that we face now because our offices transitioning from an appointed attorney general to an elected attorney general. and we've been glad to join and help the district have an ability to have its voice heard on national matters, an issue of particular importance to us in light of the minimal and unjust situation that we have no voting representation in congress. we've also been fortunate on behalf of our 600,000 citizens to have the opportunity to work on and join in some of the important multi-state settlements that our collective resources have made possible. most of you have been in washington before, and i want to we

in the meantime look at what's going on with oil. it's touching its lowest level in about three weeks and gold extending its retreat from a two-week high not able to breech the resistance around $1,700 for one troy ounce. bob, i wasn't aware gol d di locks suddenly left the building. >> material stocks, copper's weak, australian dollar down again today. stocks in moscow, shanghai, all to the downside. these are the big commodity plays. the important thing is how real can it be when you see all the moves in ipos. did you see annie's foods? pricing at $13 and the stock's held up terrifically all throughout the day. trading around $33. open to $24. there's annie's. $35 on annie's priced at $19.35. put up ocera, holding up around 22. the bottom line here, mandy, is so far at least concerns about the global slowdown, but i think this is probably going to be temporary. you notice every time you have these concerns you get buying opportunities later on. >> there's so many people underinvested. any dip does present a buying opportunity. let'

at loch haven road. police are detouring new that area. meantime, still at 55 past 795 on the outer loop, continuing to move well all the way down toward 95 on the south side. both 795 and i-70 look good toward the beltway. a nice start here on 95 at 57 miles per hour traveling southbound down towards the 895 split. j.f.x. in pretty good shape at this hour, as well as the rest of the major roadways. we can give you a live view in a couple of spots. we'll start on 9 at white marsh going away from us. southbound traffic still running smoothly. pulaski highway also without delay at this time. and if you want to head out this morning on the harrisburg expressway, going away from us, southbound traffic running smoothly from the maryland line all the way down to the beltway. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. stan, over to you. >> sarah, thank you. taking a look at some of our top stories this morning, questions still remain after a shooting at a pittsburgh-area psychiatric hospital that left one person dead, several others wounded. officials say the

meantime at 7:30 on this wednesday morning, the 14th of march 2012. along with matt lauer. it's a beautiful morning in the northeast. >> unbelievable. >> but it comes at a price. are you paying the price? >> a little bit. allergy season is arriving earlier than ever causing millions of americans to suffer from -- you know the symptoms -- the sneezing, watery eyes. if it's bad now, how much worse will it get and what can you do to get relief? we'll get advice coming up. >> i will give you your tissue now. >> thank you very much. >> is your marriage good or only good enough? we have the results of an interesting new survey. we find out what one couple did to put their relationship to the test. could it work for others of us? we'll find out. we begin this half hour with nicollette sheridan's wrongful termination case heating up in los angeles after a judge dismissed one of the complaints brought by the former "desperate housewives" star. nbc's craig melvin has the latest on the story. good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. closing arguments are se

in the meantime, images coming from the high school in indiana where you were at. the miracle in the high school. watch. these are the pictures as the twister hit. >> right. it takes 30 seconds. it's a school where 400 students attend, k through 12. the twister is hitting when the light comes up. the roof is gone, the walls are gone. if those students would have been there. they were dismissed about a half hour before that hatched, it would have been dead limit. >> minutes making the difference. ginger zee, thanks so much. >>> now to the race for president. it's "your voice, your vote" and rick santorum is campaigning in illinois. both battling it out before tuesday. but before then, puerto rico votes, with 23 delegates. in the primary right there tomorrow. i'm going to bring in david kerley who is at the white house tonight, we know that rick santorum, in puerto rico, where they speak spanish, said they to learn english, long before becoming a state. i want to get your reaction. >> it would have to be a requirement. it's a requirement we put on other states. it's

. >>> meantime, a sign at the lowe's in sterling, virginia, caught the eye of one of our viewers. >> she snapped a picture of this tag on the scotts fertilizer display. regular price, $25.97. now on sale for $25.96. she loves this lowe's in sterling, she thinks it was an honest mistake and it was. we talked to the store manager. he says you know what? someone wrote the wrong price at the top. it should have said $29.97, which would make that $25.96 certainly more than one cent of a difference. >> much better deal. >>> now the nationals say there is no mistake about what is going on at their spring training facility. >> check out these pictures. they show a great horned owl who has built a nest at the top of some of the lights in bright field. there's not much the folks can do about it. the birds are federally protected, a migratory species. the owl is going to stay. >> the owl is like, take that. still to come, we'll show you how to save some green the next time you rent a car. >>> car rental companies are adding more green to their fleet. our partners at u.s.a. today report more ren

at quarantine road. of course on the east side we have that ongoing bridge road in curtis bay. still slowing with that. hopefully that will be gone momentarily. in the meantime, a look at i-95 between the tunnel and 695 on the south side, starting to see a pocket of slowing as you make your way past caton avenue in the northbound direction, heading up to 395. here's what's going on for folks coming from the eastern shore. a live look at u.s. 50 at i-97, westbound side of 50 remains incident-free. nothing to hinder the drive coming from the bay bridge all the way into annapolis. you're looking pretty good there. and 97, no delays or incidents up to the 895/695 split. >>> sources with knowledge of the investigation into the shooting death of a 13-year-old, monae turnage, say the gun that was used didn't belong to a city police officer who has since been suspended in connection with his actions following that shooting. meanwhile, hundreds of friends, classmates and family members gathered outside of the william c. march middle school in northeast baltimore wednesday remembering monae turnage. police say two boys ages 12 and 13 were playing with a .22 rifle and

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in the meantime, let's get a look at the conditions out there. traveling around 695 right now, other than than being foggy, we're incident free. i want to give you another live shot of u.s. 50 where we have a lot of fog through queens town and we're still blocking a westbound lane of 50 with debris in the roadway. >>> we have an update about the suspect in the deadly jewish school shootings. we'll get you updated on the latest information. and what is being done with the bodies of the four victims today. >>> and it was a deadly day, the ninth anniversary of the instation of iraq. we have the -- invasion of iraq. we have the latest numbers when we come back. >>> french police conducted a raid on a home where the suspect in the jewish school shooting is reportedly located. three officer have been wounded in a standoff. the suspect shows no signs of surrendering. and french president received the bodies of the victims at an airport in paris. their bodies will be taken to israel to be buried today. >>> president obama's eldest daughter after a 7.4 ma

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in the meantime, money is at the center of a lawsuit against speed cameras in montgomery county. the state court of appeals will hear a class action lawsuit about whether speed cameras violate state law because a contractor gets a cut of the fines. a court will hear that case in june. >>> spring and summer flights got more expensive. and it won't matter which airline you try to find a deal on. >>> bobby brown arrested by police in california. >>> and we'll hear from the woman who was known as super mom just a week after >>> well, bobby brown is in trouble with the law again. stop the presses. police in california, san fernando valley pulled the singer over for talking on his cell phone today and officers say they had an inkling he might be intoxicated. they alleged he failed a field sobriety test and they took him to jail and charged him with dui and he made bail and this would be his second dui if he's convicted. >>> pain at the pump translating to the skies. all the major airlines tonight are charging up to $10 more for round trip tickets. that's because of rising fuel costs th

. >>> meantime, at long last the nation's economy seems to be recovering in this country.sing gas and oil prices knock it off course? coming up we'll get answers from christine romans of the cnn money team. >>> ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. >>> top stories now. a few hours from now parts of the midwest and south will be at risk for another round of severe weather today. forecasters say there's a threat of powerful tornadoes across the ohio and tennessee valleys. a region that was hard hit earlier in the week. >>> federal prosecutors may be investigating a possible coverup at penn state university. it's linked to the molestation case against former assistant coach jerry sandusky. former prosecutors with knowledge of the investigation say the potential coverup could involve bribes, fraud, and misuse of federal money given to penn state. >>> and american, european, and palestinian pro-democracy activists accused of citing unrest in egypt are now out of the country. egyptian authorities allowed the group to leave after they posted b

in the meantime, a live look at the san mateo bridge. this is westbound 92. it looks ok they're hand coming off a high rise. here is a live look at 883 oakland. north and southbound actually looks pretty good. mass transit, so far everything looks good. >> chinese workers who spend 60 hours per week assembling iphone 10 ipad will soon be working less but getting paid more. an independent audit found ramp the overtime violations along with the assembly lines. they also found end many of the worker's request the extra hours. the company that runs the factory says it will scale back on hours and raise wages to make up for the difference. apple is clearing up a class- action lawsuit over fuzzy reception. owners who had trouble with the intent of are now entitled to $15 settlement but not for all of you. customers who took apple up on its previous offer, you are not eligible. that case actually fixes the problem. >> best buy is downsizing. it says it will close 50 of its big box stores by the end of next year the company has struggled to compete with online retail

in the meantime, here's a look at u.s. 50 and kent narrows, looking pretty good here.if you're traveling near 50 on 213, got that closure with accident clean-up at 50 between star and 213. back to you. >>> baltimore city department of public works will pull out a device from a water pipe this morning that may prevent a major watermain break. this is called the pipe diver. it will travel through larger pipes under the city and surrounding counties. it started last night in southwest baltimore, uses an electromagnetic field to detect weaknesses in the pipes without shutting off the water service. it also helps workers find where pipes can be fixed. >>> maryland and virginia lawmakers are now working to make those who serve in the military easily identified. >> there's a few changes to the driver's licenses that could actually help honor them. >> and results from a new study, revealing what makes guys really happen. results and tips straight ahead. as we go to break, a live look at the inner harbor. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who

uncertain process whereby iranians might or might not at some point arise against their government and this will change the equation. in the meantime every indication is the iranian regime is that's my sense. so trusting this is going to change through a more lovey-dovey approach, i'm not sure that's going to work of at the end of the day,e said, therr iran. if you look at iran so far at least in the arab world, support for organizations, you say we're giving too much iran's influence, i would say hamas and others, yes, they would still exist, and yes they would be unfriendly to iran and israel and others but they would not be as capable without iranian support. today we have other organizations like islamic jihad and what have you that are not beyond using a lot of unpleasant things to achieve certain goals. i personally am for the view have you to push hard. we have a very limited time to act, as i agree with ephraim ultimately the military is not the preferred option. consequence is very hard and very high. the nuclear iran, the way it's going to transform the arab map and regional map and ultimately our interest in the region c

at stake. in the meantime, want to eat at white house?fork over some cash like more than $10 million. the special steamed lemon pudding was for the folks trying to keep the president afloat. and my next guest is insulted and for this segment, my guest will have a british accent. >>guest: well, it is appalling, actually, the obama presidency has used an official state dinner with the british prime minister to reward key donors. 41 out of the 340 people who attended the dinner last knit had given large sums of money for obama's re-election campaign. this was vulgar and unidentified and insulting to the british prime minister. this, also, demonstrates an abuse of power by president obama acting with real contempt and impunity at a time, also, of tremendous financial hardship cross the united states with tens of millions unemployed he has the wrong mentality. >>neil: when the prime minister holds events and ten downing place is not like our white house, no offense, or, say, the queen does something big, does it create this? do you look at the

meantime, onetime flights are improving at united continental three days after the merged airline combined its flight reservation systems. during the switch over, there were flight delays and problems with airport check-ins. shares dropped more than 2%. more americans seem to be putting money into their mattresses, really buying mattress. a trade group says mattress sales numbers were up 17% in january with revenues up almost twice that, meaning shoppers were buying higher priced mattresses. select comfort shares continue to rally ending over $30 per share for the first time ever. stifel nicolaus was encouraged enough to increase its earnings and price target on the stock. finally, we saw some volatility with a trio of new dot-com stocks. online music firm pandora received an analyst upgrade. shares shot up 5.4%. online gaming company zynga fell 5% as a separate analyst downgraded shares due to their recent rally. and in its second day as a public company, online review website yelp cooled, falling 14.5%. and that's tonight's market focus. >> susie: shares of yahoo fell slightly today, the

at 6:00. >>> in the meantime, president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met at the white house. pressed for time to force iran to disarm itself. netanyahu isn't ruling out an israeli military strike. >> have the right, the sovereign right to make its own decisions. i believe that's why you appreciate, mr. president, that israel must reserve the right to defend itself. >> that unlds scored by a record that iran has tripled it's amount of enriched uranium. senator joe lieberman has announced u.s. will use force if necessary. citizens are readying underground bomb shelters readying just in case. you can watch nightly news with brian williams for the latest. >>> new details in sheriff ross mercury's domestic violence case. the judge says he will allow mercury and his former girlfriend. to move this trial to another county. the judge so far has not ruled on that motion. and the d.a. has until wednesday to weigh in. mercury and his wife is appealing the judge's opinion to admit a videotape of her displaying a bruise on her arm. the appellate court is going to make a decision on

damascus security forces on high alert fearing any provocations and terror attacks at its root for national reporting meantime professor of middle east history at westchester university a lawrenceburg believes that some major international players are behind the refusal of syria's opposition to engage in dialogue with your side regime the united states. and the growth the growth countries i don't think they're they're looking for a negotiated peace i think they're looking for a prolonged. episode per grade civil war i don't think it's that they don't have any influence i think they don't want to see these people negotiate because again they're in a very weak position. they're out of the country there the numbers of armed men under their command are limited they cannot win against the government militarily when it gets the government the government is attempting to coopt the moderate the moderate protesters with you know promises of was widespread reforms which if implemented would go a long way to satisfy your regional demands of the opposition i don't think they are backed by the majority of the people in sy

the dow added six points yesterday at to close at 13,629. meantime, amazon is trying to entice customers to spend locally with a little financial incentive. the e-tailer is selling $10 gift cards for $5 for people who visit the local site. amazonlocal.com. and it's the answer to groupon and living social. it's good every on amazon. >>> and it seems everything apple touches turns to gold. the company says it's already sold 3 million of the new ipads since friday. the device is available in the u.s. and nine other countries. it hits stores in 24 more countries this friday. joe, back over to you. >> all right. thank you very much, jackie. >>> hey, let's check in with rob. he's in for christina this morning. >> yeah, kind of weird. >> that is weird. >> we had a lot of rain last week, weird weekend. this morning, at least we're rain-free right now, it's kind of mild outside. we'll show you some of those temperatures in a moment, but what you're going to find is wildly different weather. you're going to see quite a bit of rain later on. but san jose south,

. >> in the meantime at the big board, celebrating the ipo as well, alison transmission. >> taking hugeis is a remarkable company, great heritage. >> and we'll talk to the ceo of the general motors spin-off. >>> at nasdaq analog semiconductor supplier celebrating its ipo as well. >> i always feel analog, you're texas instruments, where is it going? >>> breaking news, apple has hit $600 a share. seems like just the other day the target was five. here we are at six. >> i've got to say this is a $50 stock that went to 60. i say that, because there's so many people playing the options. all i can say on an earning per share basis, it's still inexpensive. do i like a "usa today" headline that says everybody owns apple, no. but at the same time this is a greatest manufacturing story. i remember when hyman rod said they're bigger than u.s. steel, but apples has earnings, this is not a dot-com. >>> full disclosure, we own app apple, but it's not going parabolic. it's a function of the graph scale. >> i look at the s&p charts i get hand-delivered every saturday, because i have no life whatsoever.

in the meantime, let's go to highway 17 at the summit, both directions are shut down because a tree is completely blocking the roadway. emergency crews are out there working to clear that tree to the right shoulder. in the meantime, both lanes of highway 17 are completely closed down. the bay bridge, high wind advisories in effect this morning so we have another morning to you where you need to be extra careful on the roadways. so far, things look ok across the san mateo bridge out of hayward. >> the rain is not going away anytime soon >> let's go over to lawrence and find out what will and >> in the santa cruz announced, almost 11 in. of rain in the last couple of days which is why they are in trouble. we continue to see some rain fall around the bay area although it has tapered off a little bit. a lot of drizzle beneath the doppler radar so even though it does not show up allot we see plenty of drizzle to keep the road with slippery. more rain moving into the bay area, this will be sliding to the south to route the day so we will see rain on and off through the better part of the day

he is accused of killing seven people including a rabbi and three people at a jewish school. >>> meantimes mirkarimi has been suspended from his job and today mayor ed lee will file an official misconduct charge aimed at forcing him to leave. he sheriff ross mirkarimi will -- sheriff ross mirkarimi will argue his case before the ethics commission. >>> and there are two water- main breaks, one is at addisonian berkeley and the other is in emoryville and powell. >>> happening now in san francisco, a sewerage repair project is affecting traffic this morning. ktvu channel 2 morning news reports why crews say the commutes could get better soon, here is more claudine wong. >> reporter: you can see they have trucks and their crews and as traffic moves through, it is being affected a little slower this morning but they say they are hoping to get this lane back open for traffic in the next 45 minutes which has certainly helped. they have been testing sewerage efforts and they are confident since it has been contained enough, even though repairs still need to be done. routine maintenance still shut

we will have more coming up and in the meantime, let's look at the roadways >> wet and windy out there so use costs in this morning. so far we have not seen many accidents. traffic moving ok for a santa clara. over to the maps, south bay, along 280 or highway 17, free of problems. no major delays just yet. we do have reports of a medical emergency on the eastbound side of the 24 connector to south 680. southbound 101, still an easy ride out of marin county. traffic actually moving along nicely. mass-transit all checking in with no problems this morning. >> new this morning, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits japan. it happened around one hour ago. there was a lot of shaking but no reports of damage. experts say there may be a small change in the sea level but did not issue a tsunami warning. it hit the same reason that was damaged by last year's earthquake and tsunami. >> one person is hospitalized after another stabbing at the occupy encampment. the fire department says the victim was cut in the next late last night. so far no reports of any suspects. san francisco police are still looki

everything then looks pretty get all the way into the city more traffic coming up at the end of this show in the meantimeback to the desk. 647 we got breaking news at the loose french leigh anne now reporting that police have stormed an apartment building where an accused serial killer has been holed up all morning long the 24 year-old frenchman and algerian descent 6 by didn't suspect in the murders of those three jewish schoolchildren a rabbi and three paratroopers he barricaded himself in the apartment building for more than 12 hours three police officers wounded during a firefight at the building that happened earlier this morning police say the man told them he belonged to al qaeda and committed the murders as revenge for the deaths of palestinian children in the worse the details expected to they will more on that jason brooks good morning. get away to change is afoot at hewlett-packard. the company confronted reports that first manchester day after saying that it's fine to combine its pentium pc businesses into one units called printing and personal services group will be led by former pc boss tom

there are 300 policemen in the area and roughly 50 policemen in front of the house at the immediate scene. in the meantime, funerals for some of the pictuvictims of mon attack are being held in jerusalem. the bodies were flown into the country early on thursday. the french foreign minister is at the service alongside families of the victims and leaders of france's jewish commune. those are live pictures that you're seeing there from jerusalem. that is the latest information we have on police raid in toulouse, france, seeking suspects in the killings at a jewish school there last week. i'm monita rajpal. do stay with cnn. we'll bring you any updates as we get them. for now, "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning, from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. you're watching "world business today." the top stories this wednesday, march 21st, more countries cut back on iranian oil as the u.s. sanctions. >>> investors are asking themselves as the chancellor prepares to present his budget today. >>> and betting big on big city voters. how

coming from owings mills and an accident reported in the city by city police on loch raven at 33rd street. in the meantimeelays for you as you head out this morning. at baltimore national pike not too bad because you are at the point of liberty road where we open up from the accident but the fog is a big factor this morning. especially up the tidings bridge on i-95 and chesapeake bay bridge on 50. here's a live look at 50 east st. margaret's street passing the chesapeake bay bridge. >> all right cecil county is what he's causing the delays. two-hour delay cecilton elementary chesapeake city andbow people yeah manner middle and high school two hour lace in cecil county. time to go to new york for "good morning america" we are back with news and weather. all the squirming. all to their delight. kids don't worry about getting dirty. and with all oxi-active, neither do moms. it has up to four times the cleaning power... and helps get out your family's toughest dirt and stains the first time, every time. get our most powerful clean. all oxi-active. it's all clean. it's all good. [ male announcer ] for a better

and in the meantime, here's a live look at traffic flow on 895. not looking bad here at all. and for those of you on the harrisburg expressway, another live look, southbound lanes picking up, but no major delays to report there. and for those of you making the drive to ricer town this morning, it is a live look at 95 and cockeysvilles road. still moving a good pace. and a good pace, the drive times are intact right now. if you're traveling on the west side of the beltway, seven minutes from 795 over to i-70. >>> fresh off a win in illinois, republican candidate mitt romney is coming to maryland. today the front-runner are will speak here. we find linda so. she's live this morning with a preview. >> reporter: romney will hold a town hall-style meeting today on old sulfer spring road. it will start at 3:30 and open to the public. they were busy yesterday getting things together, setting up chairs and lights. this will be romney's only stop in maryland. earlier in the week he said he would stop in annapolis and frederick. but those events were canceled. romney's visit comes two

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at this and say, you know, a little bit much. >> uh-huh. sounds like it, herb. we'll check back in with you in a second. in the meantime why don't we check in with courtney reagan for other headlines that are making news at this hour. >> thanks, mandy. federal authorities have arrested several dozen suspects and broken up what they say is a $325 million counterfeit goods operation. the suspects allegedly try today smuggle fake versions of brands like nike, timberland, coach from china. hiring of small businesses has increased slightly in february. and number of firms cutting workers fell to its lowest level since 2007. the last ever continental airlines flight leaves from phoenix tonight. when it lands in cleveland, ohio, what a better state, the brand name will be history. continental is being folded into united airlines which merged with continental in 2010. >> thanks for that. coming up next on "street signs," it's been one awesome week for apple. first the $500 billion market cap. and then the call for apple at $1,000. and get ready, leading tick analyst munster says they're about to do for the tv what itunes did f