. >>> the nielsen company is expanding its definition of television.er this year they will start measuring broadband and internet viewing. normally nielsen measures cable, satellite and over the air broadcasts. by september they expect to measure viewing of streaming services on devices like the x- box and playstation. nielsen is hoping to be able to measure video viewing on ipads by the end of this year. >>> wine exports have reached record levels. we will tell you who is buying and where most of the wine is being made. >>> stocks continuing a 2 day slide today. this morning the government said more people applyed for unemployment benefits last week two the first time though it remained at a level consistent with modest hiring. a live look at 3 big board, the dow down 25, the nasdaq down 28, s&p down seven. >>> new figures show u.s. wine exports reached record levels last year and almost all of that wine was from california, according to the wine institute wine exports increased for the third consecutive year to a record 1.4 billion dollars. 90% of th

. >> we'll check in with the fox business network for details on a big change for the nielsen ratingsn we come back.  i.. >>> in today's business beat affection new way to measure who is watching tv for details and a check on the markets, we turn to dennis neal for fox business network live in new york. good morning to you. let's start off talking about the stock a friday. >> stocks try together are bound today close out a tough week maybe a my note after a two-day tumble totaling a 155 point in the dow. we ended yesterday down 47 points. futures for the dow and s&p, all futures are up. we'll see if that plays out. the fed is hand wringing over whether told the loosey goosy money policieses that people worried. some bad economic data might make some guys think the fed can't afford to move too soon. money moving out of gold and oil. so sthoz prices are dropping and moving into speak. corporate earnings are triple what the expectations were before the reporting began. and mondey from hedge funds often considered the smart money on wall street pouring into sphoks more than it has in

tom, nielsen is also looking into just how many viewers are watching on devices like the ipad. >> tom: let's get going with tonight's "market focus." >> tom: stocks saw more mild selling pressure today compared to yesterday as they continued to pull back from five and half year highs. the s&p 500 was in negative territory for the entire session. a drop in manufacturing activity in the philadelphia region, and the rise in first time unemployment insurance filings hung over the market. the index finished lower by 0.6%. volume remained heavier than it has been recently 812 million shares moved on the big board. just over two billion traded on the nasdaq. while today's losses were muted, they continued to be across sectors. the materials, technology and financial sectors all fell by 0.9%. one of the bright spots, though, was wal-mart. last week, an internal memo was released regarding a disappointingly slow start to february sales. today, wal-mart released earnings over the holiday season. the retailer earned $1.67 a share. up from last year, and a dime better than estimates. the gains ca

got you, chris, stevie nicks, john fogerty, sir paul mccart knit, sir rick springfield, sir rick nielsen>> yes. >> stephen: are you doing tours. >> playing as many as we can. logistically it's hard to get one of guys and stevie nicks in the same room. >> stephen: but mccartney is always available. >> we're doing a show tonight at the hammerstein ballroom where we are going toll roll out three and a half hours worth of music. >> stephen: you need a back-up singer. >> you want to come and sing? >> stephen: that would be great. i'll be there. dave grohl, the movie is "sound

of big cities which means 71% of televisions on at that time were tuned in to the super bowl and nielsen is expected to have exactly how many people watched the game later today. >>> despite the heartbreaking loss, collin kaepernick almost pulled off the greatest come back in super bowl history. collin kaepernick led 4 second half scoring drives during a 31- yard pass to michael crabtree. he had another touchdown and while the 9ers rally came up short in the final minutes in the game, coach harbaugh blamed the ref, not his young quarterback. >> they probably have some by as there, but in my mind -- bias there, but that is not the way they saw it. >> many feel including the coach there should have been a else whoing play on that penalty, however fans have a reason to be optimistic about the team's future since this was collin kaepernick's 10th start in the nfl. they don't know what caused the superdome to have the blackout and some feel it was beyonce's half-time performance however commissioner roger goodell says that is not what caused it. >> there is no indication at all this is what c

. >> reporter: eric nielsen, abc 2 news. >>> all right.beautiful day out there, blends of sunshine and clouds. 49 degrees today. that is above-average. so, a really nice day out there. in town right now we have temperatures starting to fall back into the 30s. 39 at the airport. 52% humidity and a busy wind out of the westerly direction. 29 miles per hour. that wind is in play. again that northwest wind coming in here will cool our temperatures down. we think we will fall back into the 20s tonight. 39 right now. you notice a few clouds towards the north and west over carol county north of the city limits. so, maybe a couple of clouds through the course of the evening. we clear things out and cool things down around the midnight hour. 32 degrees. and a brisk wake up and a lot of sunshine. 27 and 42 by the afternoon. a gem of a day on monday, that's going to change by the way, by tuesday. to the north of maryland's most powerful radar. spotty showers or a flurry or two. it is snowing towards boston right now. a coastal storm producing 3 to 6

. >>> americans who have a tv hooked up to a camera will be counted in nielsen ratings. the move comes a day after a bold move by billboard. we'll have more on that in entertainment. >>> good news for america's wine industry, new figures show wine exports set a record of more than $1.4 billion in revenue last year. and before you clean those wine glasses a national survey conducted by a home appliance maker found more than 40% of americans fight about loading the dishwasher. 61% argue about whether dishes should be pre-rinsed or not. they say do not prerinse because the detergent needs to clean your food to avoid scratching your dishes. here i've been doing it wrong all along. >>> well, coming up, they won $7 million after stopping at the favorite casino of their dearly departed friend. details coming up next. >>> welcome back. now to some other stories that caught our eye this morning. we start in indianapolis where a brazen robbery attempt left the crooks empty handed. the heist got off to a slippery start after prying the atm machine free proved difficult. the robbers

. >>> and nielsen is changing the way it tracks how you watch tv.ings company will start measuring shows downloaded and watched via broadband such as itunes or hulu. currently the tv shows aren't count counted. video from demand on cable and satellite providers won't be included. but nielsen says it may track shows watched on tablets and iphones in the future. nielsen holdings down more than 1% in u.s. trade yesterday. look at that. up 13% over the last quarter. not too shabby. >>> take a look at what is happening across the index. they're holding up remarkably well after the european commission came out with projections well below what they had earlier targeted. showing that europe will be in recession for a second straight year in 2013. no growth till 2014. higher deficit and did he have debt levels because that typically is what happens when growth goes away. the ftse 100 among the major indexes responding positively. the cac 40 in paris up better than 1%. the ibex doing well, also, even on the news that bankia will be announcing the largest span

. >> nielsen, the company that provides television ratings, will begin streaming its ratings on line.ange in media consumption, like watching shows online. it hopes are to help its clients keep all with what shows are a success and which ones to ditch. nielsen will also be able to identify when viewers are watching other on-line video outlets like netflix but it will not be able to measure viewership of individual shows. >> we will be right back. get whatever you want, baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get the tastes you love at a price you'll love even more. guess who's going to the game? [ internal ] thank you. [ male announcer ] the simple joy of having more to love. new nehoney bunches of oats greek yoherehe we go.e grain. honehoy corncoflakes and chunks of greek yogurt. i'i'm tasting both the yogurt and the honey at the same time. i'm like digg

and despite all of that great press, it finished i think 71 oust 73 in the nielsens for the year when it was very close to dead last and everybody was complaining that we just can't follow all of these plots. our brains just get distracted by all of these different interactions. we prefer the show where's there's one thing going on because it's too hard to keep track of these things. fast forward 25 years or so. there's a whole host shows. everything from sopranos to the wire and six feet under on had been thob "alias," to "24". apparently to "desperate housewives." apparently it has this threading as well. to the reality shows which are "survivor" and "the apprentice" have multiple lines of interactions between the different characters. you often have 15 characters interacting in many different ways. awful these shows are much more complicated than "hill street blues" was. and are more in other ways in the sense that they're constantly referencing things that happened -- an episode of "sopranos" will make a reference to something that happened five episodes ago without doing hand hol

the nielsen company said sunday's game was the third most-viewed program in television history.oth the 2010 and 2011 games hit the 111 million mark. football viewership in general declined this year. but with a thrilling finish, this year's game did become the fourth super bowl to record more than 100 million viewers. sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at nevada casinos on the super bowl. as expected. the casinos came out ahead. the gaming control board shows the sports books made more that $7 million on all the action. odds makers say california fans drove the unprecedented numbers, flooding las vegas and northern nevada with wagers on the hometown team. the previous nevada record was set in 2006, when gamblers wagered $94.5 million. casinos say they lost big on proposition bets, including a long-shot on whether there would be a safety. >> as we take a look back at the super bowl. we had a blackout, beyonce, controversial calls, funny ads. there has been a lot to talk about on social media. kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate shows us the moments which got the most buzz. >> t

the nielsen co. said sunday's game was the third most viewed program in television history.es had the a lot 111 million mark. the aba leadership in general decline this year. with relief as, this year's game did become the fourth super bowl to record more than 100 million viewers. it's after the blackout that things got fine. >> financial expert rob black will be joining us on sasaet coming up in just two minutes. 6:45 a.m. and police in pittsburgh are searching for a hit-and-run driver who entered a woman and her three young children. it happens across the drive nearly linde wrote last night. two of the children were on their bikes and the third was in a stroller. all four victims were taken to hospitals. the boy scouts of america are considering lifting their national ban of gay members. a three day meeting began yesterday. the organization says the decision will be likely tomorrow. former leaders and activists delivered a petition with 1.4 million signatures to their taxes headquarters. the 49ers are waking up in the bay area. today the niners have a team meeting at 9:00

nielsen won't measure laptops but not yet the ipad. millions of ooishg waleyeballs watching the networks without being able to charge them. >> sometimes watching the ads are tricky. >> people aren't necessarily watching the commercials. >>> the time 16 after the hour. next on "the rundown" is your diet making you fat? five reasons why it might be making you pack on the pounds. talk about a shot in a million. a cheerleader makes a mass ket that would make michael jordan jealous. national average 3.28 that is unchanged since yesterday. >> it's 20 after the hour. quick headlines now. jets quarterback tim tebow backing out of an appearance at the first baptist church of dallas. the devout christian made it on twirt. he called the pastor and told him he had to quote avoid controversy. parents if you want to track your teens while they are out? the tracker app is in the testing phase for an troyed phones. it let's parents see their kid's location on a map and activate the phone's camera to record audio and video. critics say it invades priva

. >> a very leslie nielsen. >> so did your buddy sandusky. >> what a great head of hair. did i say jerry said? >> are you on a personal basis. >> good luck. >> you once was slapped by could i could i could i -- by kylie kylie-mono go e. >> yes but i don't know what this has to do with it. god bless him he looks exactly the way i pictured he would look in my mind's eye. he is going to be a weird hybrid between mr. roper and mr. furle mr. furle -- furley. in the mug shop he will be, of course this happened. next thing you will tell me is i lost my job. that's exactly how we all thought he would look. thanks, guy with the hair. >> i pictured him like anthony cume. >> slightly older and less hairy. >> next pop particular, they are cutting the amount of alcohol in the bought m tolls of -- in the bottles of famous whisky. >> last week the company announced plans to lower the amount to 42% because of a supply shortage. that lead to a backlash from customers. will if the problem is on a supply end you raise the price, right? isn't that how capitalism works? did anyone even get th

the nielsen ratings service will start including viewers who watch shows on their computers.>>> loss ajs times say wine exports hit record levels reaching $1.4 billion. sales to china were up 18%. >>> the herald sun says university of north carolina joining other schools to offer online courses for free. the massive courses will be open to students around the world starting this fall. >>> asbury park press says says the wreckage of the coaster became similar bomb of the devastation. its removal will help clear the way jus just in time for memorial day weekend. >>> "usa today" says airlines aimed fares at business travelers this weekend. delta started things off tuesday, boosting prices by up to $10 for tickets bought within seven days of domestic travel. seven other carriers followed. before that they tried and failed to raise prices three other times this year alone. >>> in florida the field is set for sunday's daytona 500. weave shown you how danika patrick is making history, the first woman ever to become the number one qualifier for nascar's biggest race. we're excited ab

. >> nielsen will measure the sets. >> you mentioned -- if the ratings take a nose dive, it's the asteroid's fault. >> these satellites could by affected. >> it's not really a question of if. it is a question of when. we are all completely reliant on this sort of telecommunications infrastructure that exists in a place that we don't have a lot of control. so if it's not the asteroid it could be a superstorm -- >> a flare like that one. >> power surges. >> a far greater danger. >> that's not a matter of, hey, that might happen. that will happen, likely within the next 50 years, and that is going to cause major disruptions in our communications grid. power surges, anything that could wipe out all your pictures, all the family photos that exist only on your computer hard drive, those could be gone within an instant. so at it reminder to back up. most people know they should back up -- >> if you back it up to a drive that might be one of the satellites, you're still -- >> it doesn't work that way. you're that backing up -- >> can you go over that again, the grid around the earth? i wouldn't like

. >> there is no consequences for being a criminal state senator jim nielsen thinks drug sentencing reformd idea since behan services are overwhelmed. >> where do the low level drug offenders get their money? they rob people. theyburgle and do time crimes t their drugs. >> once the felony is on someone's record it is difficult to move on. >> unable to fend employment and often times unable to get housing. we we don't provide folks with every opportunity to become productive members of society it is not that surprising that many folks turn back to drugs. >> the leno proposal does not affect marijuana poe is section which will remain an infraction. in san francisco, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. >>> california's top law enforcement officer today filed a supreme court brief to overturn proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage. next month the court will hear arguments over the ban. in the 45 page brief harris says she believes the ban is unconstitutional and has stripped loving relationships of validation and dignity under law. >>> another sewage spill in marin county. a true root the grew int

according to a new report from nielsen hominine that of ten consumers say they are just interested inatching the ads. just as interested in watching the ads as they are the game itself. i understand that. the average cost for 1,302nd ot during the super bowl is close to 4 million good reason for it. last year's super bowl ever is more than 111 million viewers, making it the most watched tv event in u.s. istory. with more on the business behind the super bowl ads is branding expert, also the former pr manager for the new york yankees. you know a thing or two about sports. what is this obsession with super bowl ads? >> you know what, it takes place in the greatest, most watched event of all time, and over time the ads have been built into being, as your traffic showed, has been as popular as the game itself. for the advertisers, this is there super bowl. gerri: and you were saying, it is critically important for these companies to get their ads in this game because everyone is watching. >> everyone is watching. it raises you to another level. like i said before, stakes are high. no coac

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our last nielsen numbers that came out, you know, we're growing at 10% on retail stores. you know, in our quarter last night, our growth was up up 25%, organic growth is up 9.4% in the u.s. we had hurricane sandy in there, stores were closed for a week. our margins improved dramatically. 72 -- >> at a time when everyone else in the food business is telling me that food costs went up. >> food costs went up. we earned 72 cents. our earnings per share were up 55%. so i guess what else can we do to make our shareholders happy? and i think our long shareholders will be happy. the article, hey, when you come back -- >> i had to bring it up. >> sure. >> it hammered the stock. >> is there trouble in tea land? of course there's not trouble in tea land. is there going to be competition coming after us? absolutely. and i've said this before. she's doing a great thing. >> pepsico. >> to bring more healthier foods. i can't change the way the world eats, you know, with hain itself. every food company got to get in there and change the way the world eats. listen, we're in a great space.

the nielsen company estimates nearly 108 million people watched the guam last night, the third largest -- game last night, the third largest tv audience. we're learning more about the blackout that caused the half hour game delay in the 2nd half. an abnormality occurred where stadium equipment intersects with an electric feed. yeah, we kind of figured that. the new orleans mayor says he doesn't think the power failure will hurt the city's chances of getting the championship game back in 2018. >>> customers of a baltimore furniture chain also scored a touchdown with more than a half million dollars in free furniture thanks to one jacoby jones. fox 5's bob barnard explains. >> reporter: antonio banks is sharing the wonderful news with the world. >> it's a pretty good deal, free furniture. who don't love free furniture? >> reporter: free furniture for everybody who shopped at gardner's from thursday through 3 p.m. sunday if the ravens returned a kickoff for a touchdown in the super bowl, which they did. >> and he is flying! >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: david sa

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. >> i've been told that the new monopoly token is a bust of our director kurt nielsen. >> move him to park place. >> now, had morning, we're starting off with a lot of cloudiness. we're at or below freezing if you step outside. it's around 30 prince george's county. montgomery, arlington, fairfax. much of northern virginia below freezing. shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, closer to washington around the beltway, inside the beltway, we're a little above freezing. wrenly in the low 30s including the district of columbia. here's how we're looking for the next hours. cloudiness through -- sun breaking out, ought to be a little above freezing. 7:09 is the sunrise. sunset at 5:36. before then, by noontime ought to be around 40 degrees. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast. a look at first 4 traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. we'll head over now to the dulles toll road. earlier we saw construction as you headed eastbound on the dulles toll road between spring hill road and the beltway. it was blocking the right lane. it's clear between the green

according to nielsen, wine spots like this one have grown in number by 12% over the last five years. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> notice scott really liked that assignment at a wine bar on a friday before a three-day weekend. >> happy hour, right? not so happy for jeff. jeff, you've been talk iing abo how dry it's been the last two months. we got a lot of rain at the beginning in early november but haven't gotten so much rain now. >> in november/december we picked up 10 inches for parts of the bay area. we had such a surplus, and then you come into february and as scott mentioned in his story, now we are setting ourselves up for an all-time driest january and february. we have a lot of numbers going on here. here is a look. since january 1, napa only .37 of an inch of rainfall. we should have 5.62 for the calendar year at this point. concord with .48 and should have 4.34. we're in the driest trend ever for january and also february. we're going to get those numbers to flip for us here and we're eventually going to get rain in the seven-day forecast. today was all about the enj

meantime the nielsen folks are out with the ratings down a little bit from last year but a ton of people estimates future as the third most watched super bowl of all time with an average of 108.4 million viewers. about 3 million fewer than last year's. that may be the last big halftime show we will see in a while. nfl officials are reportedly worried that cold temperatures at next year's super bowl site in new jersey will make it impossible to pull off a halftime show like that. that's according to the reporting of the "new york post" newspaper which our parent company owns. it's not just a singer's officials are worried about. but the crews that would have to set up the stage in what could be near freezing or zero temperatures. meantime millions of people are are dealing with bone chilling cold right now. the mercury is plunging into the teens and single digits across much of the midwest. the same cold air is now moving east. fueling a winter storm that dumped snow on chismght it's now taking aim on the east coast. first alert forecasters say folks from d.c. to filly could see snow pile

i want you to know when you look at the next nielsen ratings or whenever you have, i think you have more conservatives. why? i'll let you be the judge of that. >> i always take great comfort in the well informed nature of my hate mail when people can quote what they don't like that i'm saying for the exact same reason. let me ask you, since we do come from different ideological places. you have just been through this, and everybody expects the party to have a little soul-searching moment after going through something they have just been through the last couple of years. but does this seem to you that this is unusually chaotic, and it's going on for an unusually long period of time? i don't see any resolution on the horizon. >> well, i would say first of all, i think it's embarrassing, because, you know, you do go through sort of a mourning period. it's been over two months and it's time for everybody to grow up and put an end to it. second of all, actually pointing fingers every day at somebody else saying here is why we lost and looking internally i think is a mistake there is nothing p