new york city. kind after hazy, foggy morning. time now though, joe, for business before the bell. >> let's go to cnbc's international superstar, erin burnett. live at new york stock exchangeerin, what is the climate down there today? >> are you guys looking at me or are you looking at a weird thing right there? >> i have no idea. >> you hear me, right? >> crazy is as crazy does. >> vision, it says. >> i've got to say, mika has some competition this morning. in the crazy races. >> i'm on camera now?

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent at the new york stock exchange and asked why the market reacted negatively to bernanke's speech. >> you could read the statement from federal chairman ben bernanke that more cheap money is on its way, but you could very well read the statement that may be more money but maybe not as much as wall street

. >> opening bell at the new york stock exchange. investors say a stronger dollar. latest on earlier trading live from the new york stock exchange in about 15 minutes. looks like they're celebrating halloween a little early. >> yeah. it's 6:30. today more than a dozen bay area mayors learn more about a new report released by pg&e about the fate of the utility's pipeline. they were ordered to inspect the lines. what they found left some very worried. terry mcsweeney live in san bruno with the latest. >> dozens of leaks were found and many of them right here in the bay area. but it's important to point out that pg&e says all have been fixed. take a look at some of the highlights. it's going to be the topic of discussion when congresswoman spear meets with local mayors. after the state ordered pg&e to take a look at 2400 miles of pipeline, just like the one that blew last month. two are napa county, another hollister. 34 other leaks were found, 9 over the east bay. oakland and berkeley. santa clara county, pg&e identified 300 for possible upgrade for automatic remote sh

we have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight pa head. live look at the big board. the dow up 39 points. >> oakland decides to double the number of pot clubs allowed in the city. >> some encouraging news for a little girl who needs a liver transplant to tur vive. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in oakland where the death of an old dog means it's time to learn new tricks for police officers. i'll explain the new training program in a live report. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her las

back in august. >> twitter predicts the stock market. >> jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchangeou know, we started off pretty rough here this morning, guys. we're off our lows but triple digit losses here in the dow. some are saying that twitter can actually predict the stock market. indiana university says that he and a couple of pals are finding market predictor buried in the twitter verse. they look at categories on mood. actually discovered a text between the calm mood and where the dow heads. all that according to the technology review blog. skeptical of anybody that can predict the stock market. apple shares seeing a sharp sell-off on the cupertino-based company. a lower profit than what analysts expected. high expectations for apple. talking about slower than expected i-pad sales. china suddenly this morning announcing it was going to raise interest rates. that's concern about a slowdown in global growth. you can see the effect we're feeling on wall street. the silicon valley index trading down as well, more than 2%. bank of america and gmac are resuming foreclosures in 2

four years, at this point. >> kroft: larry leibowitz, the chief operating officer of the new york stock exchangebelieves its massive new data center in mahwah, new jersey, will help the exchange regain some of the market share it's lost to electronic trading platforms. and he is busy persuading traders to lease space in these stark black boxes for their super computers. this is one of the pods? >> leibowitz: this is one of the pods. this is the nerve center. >> kroft: it's called "co-location," a service that high frequency traders will pay tens of thousands of dollars a month for, and includes access to raw data from the exchange that is almost instantaneous. >> leibowitz: we're getting down to, you know, how fast can the electrons travel at this point. >> saluzzi: they can predict the price of a stock before you can, because of the speed that they're using. >> kroft: so, they actually see the trades before you do? >> saluzzi: they can see order flow coming into the exchanges before a regular person off of say a bloomberg or somebody who doesn't have the co-location, the data feeds, and all the

a live report from the new york stock exchange. the dow down 14 points. >> good morning.fter being trapped jumped ground for 69 days, all 33 chilean miners are now free. i'm at the san jose mines. i'll have the details coming up. i'll have the details coming up. >> also teed off, a transgender meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth" "a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for problems whose depth and complexity clearly elude her" "she utterly lacks the qualifications to be governor" jerry brown "offers california exactly what it needs" "good ideas, strong principles, a reputation for telling the truth" and the ability to "get things done in sacramento" meg whitman's hometown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsed jerry brown for governor. ♪ > >> 6:43 this thursday. 74 san diego. eureka clear but 66. some of the cooling will reach sacramento, 88. 97 palm springs, the warm spot. sunshine over the sierra. warm yot at 89. comfortable 68 in tahoe. >> mike, thanks a lot. 6:43.

a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. live look at the big board here. points. >> plus hoping for some home cooking? >> the news pictures and what the giants are saying as they return home after the weekend split in the city of brotherly love. >> a grocery store raising tempers. why the color scheme has the attention of the gilroy city council. force force you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" ♪ >>> welcome back. 6:46. time for your california forecast. let's start up in the sierra and tahoe. 55 with decreasing clouds and a shower possible. more the showers from yo

at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> did you say black pepper?oothpaste. >> hey, you know. does a really good job of cleaning. (laughter) >> all right, jane, thank you very much. >> thanks! >> san jose mayor chuck reid wants to block retirement bonuses to city retirees in a projected $2 billion shortfall in the pension system. sending a 13th check in years when investments do well. the city gave most workers that benefit in 1986 and 2001. a white led by the mayor has asked the city council to consider the proposal next week. a lawsuit against a san francisco-based gay developer for privacy violations. zinga makes the popular farmville application. they accuse them of sharing information from facebook.com users with advertisers. apps have been transmitting personal info. zinga has not commented on the lawsuit. >> looking for a little rain? that is coming, mike. >> yeah. especially the north bay tasz lot of grapes over the weekend. may have a stray shower after the game tonight, especially as we get deep into the 7th, 8th and 9th innings. let's tal

a live report from the new york stock exchange. straight ahead, a live look at the big board.ws the dow's up 11 points. >> also vandals and their victims. a memorial defaced in the east bay. bay. th[ male announcer ] build your better breakfast at subway with the $2.50 breakfast combo. get a 16oz. cup of piping-hot seattle's best coffee and a savory new sunrise subway melt built fresh to your order for just $2.50. subway. build your better breakfast. ♪ >>> all right. 6:43 on a friday. let's take a look at your california forecast. high clouds and sunshine along the coast. eureka 62, big sur 64. upper 70s through the central valley. heading to the sierra this weekend, the rain is gone. temperatures build from the low 60s in tahoe to near 70 by sunday. 77 yosemite today to near 90 by sunday. if you're heading to southern california, look for sunshine and look at those temperatures getting into the mid-90s last and near 80 in san diego. kristen? >> mike, thanks a lot. they're insulted, offended and horrified. survivors of the oakland fire storm can't believe someone would vandliz

live at new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> time now 6:49. >> i got one from a looks a lot like that, jane. it's headed your way. >> 6:49. san francisco's fleet week begins today with the navy blue angels soaring over the bay area in practice runs. you'll be able to hear the roar of their engines and see them fly in formation between one and 4:00 this afternoon. another run tomorrow. the blue angels will perform their precision flying act on saturday and sunday at 3 p.m.. saturday morning's parade of ships this year will include six u.s. navy ships, two canadian warships and two vessels, a big change the last couple of years when there was only one ship available or none at all. the biggest fleet celebration in 20 years. >> checked a million people. gonna be a lot of people in san francisco. >> with the giants, yeah. >> yeah. looks like it will be a lot of nice weather, too. let's take a look at one of those things you can do this weekend. pier 30, 32. specifically the uss megan island. this wonderful ship saturday through monday. not in the parade of ships. you

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a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. here's a live look at the big board. about 15 points right now. >> also is it information voters need or politics at its worst? the new revelations about the mental health of richmond's mayor and the questions about who made that information public? >> and you'll hear from the good samaritan that police say samaritan that police say rescued the eight-year-old child [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore. i say baloney. this state belongs to all of us. we just have to decide we want to change. i know government isn't a business and it shouldn't be, but the same values of accountability and focus that make california businesses among the best in the world could do a lot to fix sacramento. i'm on a mission to create more jobs, stop wasteful spending, and improve our schools. let's get to work. ♪ when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ to bring the family together on sunday mornings than

they're ringing the opening bell on the new york stock exchange! stock futures are rising after japan moved to weaken the yen. the central bank had the interest rate euro and looking to boost the company's struggling economy. we're going to show you how u.s. investors are reacting in a live report from the new york stock exchange in about 15 minutes. >> a desperate plea from a central valley mother after her eight-year-old daughter was kidnapped last night in fresno. we learned authorities detained main in their investigation about three hours ago following a chase but the girl is still missing. elissa is 4 feet tall, 60 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. she was wearing a light purple winnie the pooh sweater and blue jeans when she was kidnapped from her home last night at 8:30. her mother who spoke through a translator is making this plea. >> whoever has her daughter is bring her back. all these wants is her daughter back home and please return her safely. with anybody who knows anything about her daughter, please notify to bring her daughter

you're looking at a live picture of the new york stock exchange. the opening bell is ringing now. stock futures higher overnight but already warning the market of a rough day because of a meeting of finance ministers and the group of 20. meeting as tensions grow over a battle that could affect trade. we'll get a report live from the new york stock exchange in 15 minutes. >> after raising nearly $15 million for democratic candidates here in the bay area, president obama leaves from sfo today to do the same in southern california. terry mcsweeney is live at sfo with more what the president accomplished while he was here. terry? >> it was short and sweet. the president comes in yesterday. a couple symptoms, a couple million dollars and off he goes down to southern california to a rally. the democratic base. something that needs rallying because according to polls, they're not very enthused about the upcoming election. take a look at the president arriving here at sfo yesterday. he was met by senator barbara boxer and mayor gavin newsom greeting him ye

eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you so much. >> a live report from the new york stock exchange.e's a live look at the big board. the dow up 29 points. >> also the inconvenient change for thousands of gas station owners and maybe gas station customers around the state that changes the way you pump gas. >> i'm jenelle wang. the first group of chilean miners released from the hospital. i'll have an update on their condition and tell you about the offers they're receiving after being trapped 69 days. a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. and we really hit it off. we play golf, and then the luau. he's like da vinci with ice. and after, we help hang christmas decorations. wait, wait, wait. you flew last minute... on christmas... with points from chase sapphire? yeah. amazing. believe it. with points from chase sapphire, you can book airline tickets with no blackout dates or restrictions. ♪ >>> coming up an 6:42. clouds along the coast. sunshine 62 eureka. mid-90s fresno. the sierra the temperatures wi

live report from the new york stock exchange. here is a live look at the big board. -- >> thousands of people converge on the san francisco waterfront. let their imaginations soar for the air show with the blue angels. >> freedom is near for the 33 miners trapped underground for over two months. latest on the >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >>> coming up around 6:43, it's time for the california forecast. look at the sunshine, wall the wall. the only thing for rain around san diego. l.a. upper 80s. 91 to sacramento. 75 in big sur. a storm is around but mainly dry and around 65. >> 33 trapped chilean miners are hopeful this will be week they finally see the sun again after more

they will begin trading on the new york stock exchange today under the symbol ual. company officials say the merger will deliver $1 billion in annual costs and new benefits by 2013. whether +u're into forecast. >> hd doppler radar, the clouds are pushing away and we are seeing a little bit more sun. it is getting brighter with your clout. we will continue to see clouds pushing down -- it is getting brighter with a few clouds. we will continue to see clouds pushing down throughout the day. that stream of tropical moisture came right up the day yesterday, wave after wave of intense thunderstorm cells moving through the area. no lightning with it, so i do not know why we are calling it thunderstorms, but some intense rains in theire. the moisture produced three-6 inches on average. the corps had a band of 7-8 inches. when reading in southern maryland got up to 13 inches. a very intense rain yesterday. in st. mary's county, 13.8 inches. essex, 8.5, dublin manner, seven, 6.2 at the airport, a record. temperatures now are beginning to respond a little bit to the sunshine.

at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> jane, thank you so much.s morning the light is still on shining bright at at&t park after yesterday's huge win that has giants celebrating at the national league west champions. (cheers and applause) >> the giants have champions! in the national league west! and let the party begin! >> and continue! the orange and black as the giants beat the padres at at&t park 3-0 to win the division on the very last day of the regular season. the g-men hadn't been to the postseason since 2003 and battled all season with a different lineup almost every day. everyone on the roster contributed to the playoff run and only a few have ever been to the playoffs with any team. ten-year veteran aubrey huff is going for the first time. >> i don't even have the words. >> a dream come true. this is awesome. something we've been trying to do for years. had grate time last year and this time decided we wanted to get it done. we got it done. the guys picked it up big. >> unique. we battle. every day, almost never gave up. i think that's

just ringing the opening bell there in new york this morning over there on the new york stock exchange. first day of trading for cal education group. that is the largest k through 12 after school tutoring service provider in china. they're trading this morning on the new york stock exchange. busy day for the markets today. we have a lot of earnings coming in. wells fargo, san francisco based bank report earnings and boeing better than expected numbers coming in this morning from boeing. that is part of the dow jones index. look at the bottom part of your screen dow just crossed up about 23 points. more business news ahead. >>> thanks very much. 6:30. thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's wednesday october 20th. i'm kraig debro. dave clark has the day off. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. time is 6:30. we are following breaking news in san francisco this morning: firefighters are working a fire at a four story building on hyde street. started shortly before 5:30 this morning. jade hernandez is out there on the scene. what can you tell us, jade? >> reporter: within the

we'll take you live to the new york stock exchange for the latest on early trading in about 15 minutes or so. yeah, either halloween or new york. >> looks like candy's being handed out. have to ask jane about that. >> you want a care package, don't you? >> would love that. this morning getting a package from mother nature in the form of rain coming down on us. >> indeed. what's the latest? >> live doppler 7 hd. the latest is pretty much about as quiet as it has been all morning. the slow migration of this storm has really hit the brakes and still stopping in the central part of the bay, half moon bay across the san mateo bridge into oakland up to concord and fairfield. the best returns are still showing up in the north bay. the heaviest rain around san francisco at nearly a half an inch. about 4100ths in petaluma, san rafael and a third in napa. more moisture offshore and this is going to ride over our neighborhoods mainly north of the golden gate through the morning hours and a heavier push of rain tonight through tomorrow morning. maybe a few sprinkles in the east bay valley but the

. >>> on wall street, the new york stock exchange will host this year's global entrepreneur awards. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. hear from a survivor of the alaska plane crash that claimed the life of senator ted stevens. >>> and meet some fathers who are helping their daughters take the beauty pageant circuit by storm. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

earlier, i asked our reporter at the new york stock exchange how wall street reacted to the latest data. >> the mood here does not get any better. some good market data from housing was pretty strong today and sales of 10%, but on the other side, prices are lower, so what we see is not stability anywhere close to where we are, but what we see is the same old game in of blue prices that lead to higher sales volume. higher prices in the next month, and sales numbers are going down. we have one interesting fact in the market, so-called distressed sales, but people pretty much forced out of their houses who cannot pay their mortgages anymore. their sales make up 35% of the housing sales, and that is a very large part of that market. >> the new trading week started on a pretty strong note. what else has been giving the market a boost today? >> generally, the mood is pretty optimistic because we are gng to get se good data this week for some data from our economic field here, and we have one big winner today -- citigroup has been bought up to 3% in early trading. goldman sachs has put that st

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent at the new york stock exchange and asked why the market reactedatively to bernanke's speech. >> you could read the statement from federal chairman ben bernanke that more cheap money is on its way, but you could very well read the statement that may be more money but maybe not as much as wall street anticipated so far. ben bernanke was talking about uncertainties in connection with that program that might not work very well. so there is a cautious note. that could mean maybe more cheap money but maybe not as much as expected. and you do see, for instance, reaction on the currency side. the dollar actually gaining after some steeper losses in the past couple of weeks. >> we have seen more earnings. shares in many sectors continue to struggle. technology continues to shine. give us an update. >> old economy versus new economy. the old economy is not doing that great. if you look at the earnings reports from general electric, profit -- profit drop of 18%. not as bad as expected, the company actually disappointed on the revenue side. that is why the st

. >> hey, jeff, a very quiet day here at the new york stock exchange. the bond market was closed and of course maybe some of the traders went apple picking with their kids, many of whom were off today. >> jeff: that's right there wasn't too much going on. but the quiet before the storm. also because the bond market was closed, you know, we don't have a bond number today. anyway. let's take a look at tonight's "market focus. >> jeff: wall street's focus turns to profits and revenue-- or lack thereof-- as the third quarter reporting season kicks into high gear. microsoft is hardly mentioned these days as a developer of smartphone operating systems. the company is hoping to change that with windows phone 7, a complete makeover of windows mobile software. the handsets will come from at&t, sprint, verizon and t- mobile. but investors seemed unimpressed. the general consensus seems to be that windows phone 7 is a solid product, but hardly a threat to apple's iphone or google's android. the allure of apple's string of successes pushed the stock to an all-time

morgan goldman sachs manipulate the markets do your pumping and dumping on the on the new york stock exchange and the over the counter exchange i'm sure the longshoreman's union will get involved in high frequency trading soon which is just siphoning cash from the exchange and pocketing the wealth and calling it make it go market the exact same defense that bernie made up is the exact same defense that lloyd blankfein uses over there goldman sachs to defend his pilfering his wholesale larceny well even news so you know condemning these long sharp. and for the three million dollar theft fraud i look at the front page of the wall street journal today central banks open spigot that's fraud that's fraud that's defrauding the population at large well what does that mean it means that the central banks are taking from the balance sheet all of the bad debts tied to all of the fraudulent mortgages paper you know the huge scandal of j.p. morgan underwriting tens of thousands of fraudulent mortgage claims and all these other banks underwriting thousands tens of thousands of bogus mortgages contracts in

. >> it says the new york stock exchange includes all common stocks and foreign stocks. common stocks give you part ownership in a u.s. company and the foreign stocks are from outside the united states. now, the dow jones is not an exchange at all of it is simply an average of 30 major u.s. based companies. these compa are hand picked by the employees of dow jones and they include proctor and gamble, home depot, and bank of america. the nasdaq contains about 2,900 stocks and is one of the largest trading volumes in the world. it is important to note that stocks can be onore than one index but not all stocks can be traded on all markets. so there you go. if you've got aquestion you would like us to consider, do send it to askliz at nbcwashington.m. you can use this e-mail to contact us about any story. and what does indian summer mean? dwh where did that tercome from? how do you get rid of a broken sofa or mattress? and why does every u.s. business have to accept every type of currency? >> thank you. >>> when news4 at 4:00 returns, walmart coming to a street corner near y

that is business at the new york stock exchange. i'm jane king, bloomberg news. back to you. >> we will see you back here at 6:15. >> it is 5:22. coming up we will get another look at the commute with traffic and weather together. >> the baltimore running festival is saturday and we are checking out some of the runners taking part. >> dozens of police officers are expected to be in attendance but we are not talking about traffic control. they will be running. sandra shaw has more on the chief of the patrol, john skinner. >> chief of patrol colonel john skinner is set being the pace. >> we started the campaign to get officers running in the baltimore marathon. we have about 60 police officers that are participating in the baltimore marathon and running different legs within the race. >> on this damp rainy day colonel skinner and his colleagues tackle a 20 miler. >> we wanted to energize the police department to use it to encourage physical fitness. >> he is taking the camaraderie further with baltimore's sister city in greece. the sister city committee selected hi

. >> and wall street as well we have a live report from the new york stock market. - exchange. you can see the dow up pen points . was race a factor? curious explanation lebron james is giving for a negative reaction to change teams. >>> and california has hundreds of new laws this morning and i will tell you about the important bill that governor schwarzenegger signed in law. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40% having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >> good friday morning low clouds and fog in our coast airport delays. 55 minutes on arriving flights. later on 67 in monterey . temperatures will come down in the mountains . thunderstorms in yosemite today. presiden

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also can increase the value of things around you, like your home. >> rebecca jarvis at the new york stock exchange, thank you. we'll look for the unemployment numbers friday, which i'm sure will cause wall street to react again. >>> all right. erica hill is at the news desk with more headlines this morning. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan this morning, word of high-level talks between the afghan government and taliban, talks aimed at ending the war. afghan president has mad karzai is thought to be taking part in the previously secret taukts with taliban representatives. the "washington post" reports this is the first time taliban leaders have authorized such talks. meantime, in southwest pakistan this morning, 20 tankers carrying fuel to u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan were attacked and set on fire. one driver was killed. and if this sounds familiar, it should, it is the sixth such attack by suspected taliban gunmen since pakistan scloes ad key border crossing to afghanistan seven days ago. >>> the man who tried to set off a tibomb in tim

and today jobs once again the focus and that's what carter evans is talking about at the new york stock exchangeter, tell us more. >> you can hear the opening bell behind me right now and hoping for a boost. futures higher today following the morning jobs report. new claims for unemployment claims fell and wall street expected an increase and in the right direction. stock market gains probably not too big. here's why. jobless claims are still really high. they came in at 445,000. that level doesn't suggest that there's a hiring going on right now. but we do have some more good news about retail and very important. retail sales are looking better. retailers reporting that september sales are looking pretty good and the reporting sales throughout the morning. the early results basically are showing positive numbers. it's a positive sign for consumer spending and economic growth so let's take a look at the opening numbers right now. the dow currently on the rise up about 24 points. nasdaq up about 11 1/2 right now. kyra, we got to revisit a rumor that apple may be making an iphone for verizon becau

carter evans is following the action from new york stock exchange with more on this.mism today. >> yeah, lots of optimism which is kind of interesting, too, because october can be a rough month for stocks. yesterday's strong rally put 11,000 within reach and saw some earnings and buy-out news today. costco shares up better than expected with quarterly results of costco. good sign for consumer spending and johnson & johnson is buying a dutch bio tech company for nearly $2.5 billion. it's a sign of confidence. 11,000 is just a nice, round number, a psychological barrier of sorts and i want to look at the numbers quickly because the futures pointing to a higher open earlier this morning and if you take a look right now, we are slightly lower. one of the reasons we're slightly lower right now is because of this report that we got from private payroll firm adp today. basically said that we lost 39,000 private sector jobs. that is a problem because a lot of analysts were expecting to see a gain of about 18,000 to 20,000 jobs. now, the adp report is not the government jobs r

. >> wall street, a live report from the new york stock exchange. t now a live look at the big board. you see the dow is up 51 points. >> i'm jenelle wang. a new field poll out in the ÷x÷ç ♪ >>> all right. we'll look at your california forecast. notice the swath of rain north of interstate 80 today. 57 at chico, 55 eureka. sacramento dry at 69. 53 tahoe. fresno, mid to upper 70s. >> looks like a peninsula of rain there, mike. thank you. it's 6:44 now. this morning's french authorities are checking the authenticity of a tape reportedly from osama bin laden. on it a voice believed to be bin laden can be heard threatening france for the war in afghanistan and a new law that will ban veils. >> if the president had to do it all over again, he'd change his trademark slowing began. >> i'll say yes we can but -- (laughter) >> but it's not -- it's not gonna happen overnight. >> the president spent much of the appearance defending his legislation saying while he understands voter frustration his administration accomplished much of what he promised. a first for

as we take a look at the nasdaq and the floor of the new york stock exchange. a lot of herbings coming in this morning. the banking sector has been the foe us overnight. >>> and good morning. thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's tuesday october 19th. dave clark has the day off. >> time now is 6:30. >>> and police are searching for two gunman that targeted a pair of restaurants. robberies took place near closing time last night. claudine wong is in concord with more on the crime. >> reporter: good morning. we are in front of this round table where one of the robberies happened. it closes at 10:00 on monday nights. last night an hour before they were ready to lock up their doors two men came barging in armed with guns. the same thing happened four miles away from here at a subway. police believe the men responsible may be responsible for similar crimes. this all happened as employees in the building. we're not sure if there were customers a the the time. it was just before 9:00. police say the robbers walked in wearing hooded sweatshirts. the

on the new york stock exchange. dow jones down a little bit from 8 points. the nasdaq and s & p are flux waiting. they have been up and down. but not by very big swings. >>> a new study shows traffic on twitter can predict whether the dow jones will rise or fall. researchers sat indiana university -- researches at indiana university figured the mood between twitter users. >>> okay. 6:52. a new federal study is found a drop in fatal crashes involving teen drivers. three things experts credit for the decrease over the past five years. >>> a disturbing prediction about the world's decreasing tiger population. and what one group is doing to stop the decline. >>> sit -- is it friday light? we have the answer straight ahead. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this d