>>> president obama is asking congress to extend the current 10-year term of fbi director robert muller for two more years. officials tell nbc news the move is motivated in part by the president's hope to avoid a partisan battle over muller's successor with an election looming. >>> executives from the five big oil companies were grilled on tax breaks yesterday. jay rockefeller called one executive out of touch while charles schumer said, quote, you would have an easier time convincing the american people that a unicorn just flew into this room than oil companies need tax breaks. >>> this is an ox inside a clothing store in brazil. it escaped from an overturned truck, but it was eventually captured. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,695 after gaining 65 points yesterday. the s&p inched up 6 points. the nasdaq rose 17. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei lost 67 points but in hong kong, the hang seng added 202. >>> thursday was a roller coaster day on wall street as investors nervous about a recov

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in a message to fbi employees, muller said he would be honored to continue serving. the president says he wants h him to stay for the sake of the nation's security -- he wants him to stay for the sake of the nation's security. >>> and i'm back here in about 10 minutes. i'm going to be tomorrow's forecast. temperatures coming down a little bit. then i'm going to have the weekend, wet and cool. >>> an unusual senior prank. it was over in minutes. but it's leaving some heart broke. >>> i worked so damn heart to get here. >>> a stunning elimin our planes start flying when it's dark. and they 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 seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you -- there's another one. [ ding ] >>> new at 10:00, a group of high school seniors in the east bay are being threa

in a message to fbi employees, muller said he would be honored to continue serving.ants h him to stay for the sake of the nation's security -- he wants him to stay for the sake of the nation's security. >>> and i'm back here in about 10 minutes. i'm going to be tomorrow's forecast. temperatures coming down a little bit. then i'm going to have the weekend, wet and cool. >>> an unusual senior prank. it was over in minutes. but it's leaving some heart broke. >>> i worked so damn heart to get here. >>> a stunning elimination on american idol. we are live with james durbin fans and what it means for upcoming durbin day in his hometown. >>> new at 10:00, a group of high school seniors in the east bay are being threatened with suspension and having their prom cancelled after a food fight in their cafeteria today. debra villalone has the story. >> reporter: also possibly grad night, yearbook, fancy grad ceremony. the stunt behind those cafeteria doors has turned messy. it started with cake to the face then game on. a food fight rumors all week launched by graduating seniors.

so with honorable people like bob muller running the f.b.i., there should be a level of confidence that there will not be any violations. i know the world's not perfect, but, but we do put our faith and trust in those folks. so we did hear a little bit of a different presentation today from the f.b.i. i can't speak on their behalf. but it was somewhat comfort doing hear what we heard. so, without further ado i now turn it over to the commissioners for their questions. i'll let commissioner sweet handle the human rights commission because the names are jarbled here. commissioner sweet: i thank commissioner chan. it says commissioner -- it's commissioner mavis. >> thank you. i would like to thank everybody including the commissioners from the police commission and my fellow commissioners here at the human rights commission, the police department staff, and everybody involved for this joint hearing. it's been extremely useful and beneficial and i've learned a lot thus far. i would like to say that after hearing the brief presentations and especially after hearing chief suhr's comments and

. >>> president obama plans to ask congress to extend the term of fbi director robert muller by two years. he was the u.s. attorney in san francisco before taking the fbi job just prior to the 2001 terrorist attacks. he is limited to one ten year term but the white house wants him to stay on during a change of leadership at the defense department and the cia. one of the biggest jumbo jets in the world suddenly hit by a massive mid air lightning strike. the incident is raising questions about how planes and passengers surp vieiv survive t hits. here is lisa stark. >> it looks terrifying. a massive ligh lightning striks the air bus as it comes in for landing. despite the jolt, the people onboorpd and the plane are all fine. no injuries or damage. >>> in february, a jetblue flight was hit by lightning. >> there is shoak o smoke on te airplane. >> each year while the odds of getting struck by lightning on the ground is 1 in 700,000. the odds of being on a plane struck is 1 in 1250. former captain kevin hyatt knows that well. >> we saw a bright light and then you hear this very, very loud crac

most often violinists play with a right hand on the bow, and left hand on the strings, but george mullerhout all the bones in his left hand making it difficult to properly grip those strings. >> that is so cool. thanks to some very generous donors, george is playing a brand new custom-made violin. it came to him all the way from china. >> good for him. >> anyone who can play the violin i have respect for. that is a tough instrument. >> very tough. let's listen in a little bit on that. we'll be right back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ hd 3. >>> and turning now to politics, republican newt gingrich is making five stops in iowa today. one of them in a community called waterloo. >> after the first few days of his presidential campaign he may feel like he has been in the famous battle by the same name. jake tapper looks at gingrich's rough ride so far. >> reporter: former house speaker newt gingrich has generated a lot of buzz in his first week of his presidential campaign. unfortunately, not the kind of buzz candidates generally want. in minnesota, he was assailed with glitter by

a few weeks ago, director muller testified before this committee and highlighted the threat of cyber crime. please let us know what measures the department is making to strengthen our nation's cyber security. >> well, it is an issue that is of great concern to us in the department we have within our criminal division, a computer crime section that does a great deal of work dealing with with issues that come before it. it has been publicly revealed about steps we have taken with regard to a matter that was in -- center ed. the national security is potentially threatened by cyber issues. there's economic fraud that can be perpetrated through the use of cyber components. we work with the fbi and other agencies within the executive branch to try to deal with these cyber issues. child pornography was indicated before. a whole variety of things can happen. the cyber world can be a positive force, but it has also the potential for great negative activity there. we are very active in a variety of ways in dealing with these cyber issues. >> are there additional tools that the congress can pro

a few weeks ago, director muller testified before this committee and highlighted the threat of cyber crime. please let us know what measures the department is making to strengthen our nation's cyber security. >> well, it is an issue that is great concern to us in the department we have within our criminal division, a computer crime section that does a great deal of work dealing with with issues that come before it. it has been publicly revealed about steps we have taken with regard to a matter that was in -- center ed. the national security is potentially threatened by cyber issues. there's economic fraud that c be perpetrated through the use of cyber components. we work with the fbi and other agencies within the executive branch to try to deal with these cyber issues. child pornography was indicated before. a whole variety of things can happen. the cyb world can be a positive force,ut it has also the potential for great negative activity there. we are very active in a variety of ways in dealing with these cyber issues. >> are there additional tools that the congress can provide to t

a few weeks ago, director muller testified before this committee and highlighted the threat of cyber crime. please let us know what measures the department is making to strengthen our nation's cyber security. >> well, it is an issue that is of great concern to us in the department we have within our criminal division, a computer crime section that does a great deal of work dealing with with issues that come before it. it has been publicly revealed about steps we have taken with regard to a matter that was in -- center ed. the national security is potentially threatened by cyber issues. there's economic fraud that can be perpetrated through the use of cyber components. we work with the fbi and other agencies within the executive branch to try to deal with these cyber issues. child pornography was indicated before. a whole variety of things can happen. the cyber world can be a positive force, but it has also the potential for great negative activity there. we are very active in a variety of ways in dealing with these cyber issues. >> are there additional tools that the congress can pro