." >> reporter: the oracle of omaha is considered one of the greatest investors of all time. but some say he may not be keeping close enough tabs on his employees. >> i think this is very poor corporate governance. i think many companies want their senior executives to clear

omaha steaks. say it together, 1, 2, 3, omaha steaks. don't forget that.oing to come get you and take out your garbage for a week. >> jimmy: oh. quite a threat. if you forget it, i'm going to come take out your garbage for a week. if you forget again, i'll detail your suv. i'm going to miss gary in the show. we've decided to honor him by combining audio from the "celebrity apprentice" with video from the cartoon "cow and chicken." here's gary busey and his fellow contestant meat loaf as animated by "cow and chicken." >> what about this, omaha multiflavored steaks pack? >> they don't have multiflavored steaks. >> what i meant by that is a different steak with different flavors. >> they don't have that. >> one steak is one flavor, another steak is another favor. >> they don't have that. >> what about this, the steak goes in the variety pack already flavored. >> it's impossible. >> you make filet mignon. >> that's not a flavor. >> it is a flavor. >> mother [ bleep ], you do not want to [ bleep ] with me! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i wouldn't have guess

i'm heading to omaha this weekend for the berkshire hathaway meeting. i'll interview warren buffett and get his take on the david sokol situation, as well as buffett's outlook for berkshire and the economy. my report airs right here on monday night, and i'll be tweeting throughout the shareholders' meeting. you can catch my personal feed, @sgharibnbr. >> tom: the biggest nuclear power plant operator wants to get bigger. electric utility exelon has offered $7.9 billion for constellation energy. the combined utility would have 22 reactors. we'll have more on this power but it shows the global appetite for power continues growing, and nuclear likely will continue to be one source. that's the subject of a story in "bloomberg markets magazine" that is on newsstands now. we spoke with senior writer john lippert about smaller nuclear reactors, beginning with how they use passive safety features instead of the current designs using active safety like water pumps and generators. >> it's important to remember, after the tsunami, what failed is the back-up systems

thank you for coming, and i'm going to be in omaha covering all this and interviewing warren buffet. >> susie: tom, one programming note-- with all the news on the fed and berkshire hathaway, hilary kramer won't be joining us for your "street critique" segment. >> tom: we hope to have her back next wednesday, susie. lots of news. let's take a look at tonight's "market focus." call it a fed-induced rally across stocks, silver and foreign currencies. let's start with stocks, and today's trade of the s&p 500. the index popped into positive territory with the release of the fed's open market committee statement around 12:30. the gains continued building through chairman bernanke's news conference. closing up with a fractional gain. here's the index since june 2008, before the collapse, and with today's small gain, it is at its highest level since the summer before the financial collapse. meantime, the russell 2000 index has broken out to a new all-time high. here's the past five years of the exchange-traded fund tracking the russell 2000. tonight's close takes it over its 2007 high. for

and will it tarnish the oracle of omaha's reputation? >> berkshire hathaway has always been sort of the gold in good corporate governance and high integrity, and this is a reputational cloud that i'm sure they don't like. >> suzanne: we sort out the berkshire affair, and wrap up wall street's first quarter with s&p's sam stovall. you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, march 31. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. on wall street today, there was plenty of talk about berkshire hathaway and david sokol. >> suzanne: he's the executive who unexpectedly resigned from berkshire late yesterday amid surprising revelations about his personal stock trading. sokol was also considered a likely successor to berks

or jamie diamond or lloyd blankfein or any of the other crooks on wall street the fact that he's in omaha doesn't make him any less of all street crooks and charlie monger. needs to to excuse himself from the public forum and just disappear for a while because he's told all embarrassment i don't care how old the guy is they put on your depends and get out of dodge because your back your stinking up the joint charlie munger get out of here david sokol thinks that he would be able to get away with the same crimes that a guy like charlie monger can but i think remember there longly apply selectively to certain people some guys are just totally exempt from them and you see this in this following headline max how a big u.s. bank laundered billions from mexico's murderous drug gangs so this is the guardian news and they've done a deep investigation into the story that we've covered before which is why hovey a bank and they were found to have laundered three hundred seventy eight billion dollars or thirty percent of mexico's g.d.p. in this time of drug money the cocaine of cocaine yes three hund

really the last man in the finance in america that had any moral authority whatsoever the oracle of omaha and he was constantly referenced as the quiet studious graham guy following a good guy who would come in and see goldman sachs or before that it was solomon brothers and it turns out he's just a conniving backstabbing insider trading market manipulating schmock like dick sold or jamie diamond or lloyd blankfein or any of the other crooks on wall street the fact that he's in omaha doesn't make him any less of all street crooks and charlie munger back. to the excuse of from the public forum and just disappear for a while because he is a total embarrassment i don't care how old the guy is he put on your depends and get out and back your stinking up the joint charlie munger get there. david sokol thinks that he will be able to get away with the same crimes that a guy like charlie monger can but i think remember the law only applies selectively to certain people some guys are just totally exempt from them and you see this in the following headline max how a big us bank laundered billions f

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on i-80 from omaha to cleveland. on i-70 from indiana to pittsburgh.y on i-15, 84, in the rockies. wet on i-5 from see at toll san francisco. >> and taking a look at flight delays. if you are flying, we're looking at some in chicago, detroit, salt lake city and san francisco. >>> recapping the top story on this monday. at least 45 people have been killed as severe storms stretched from oklahoma to virginia. experts now warning that another similar weather system could be on the way early in the week. >> north carolina was especially hard hit when more than 60 twisters touched down. national weather service teams are surveying the damage. david kerley is with them. >> reporter: north carolina residents can't believe what hit them. it's not just here. over the past three days in 12 states, 243 tornadoes have touched down. all of april usually sees only 150. in north carolina alone, the 62 twisters here are three times what they get in a season. jeff orrock of the weather service was out surveying the damage. surprised, as many residents, at the ferocity

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omaha cools down to 63. minneapolis, 67. dallas at 79. colorado springs, 66, sacramento warms up to 67. portland, 53. >>> coming up after the break, new developments in the search for a serial killer here in new york. >>> and bernie madoff, new revelations of his life in prison. also, is anyone asking him for ethics advice? >>> and with them, huge ratings are a sure thing. new jersey's notorious cast mates negotiate a million-dollar payday. >>> welcome back, everybody. good news this morning for commuters. gas prices may not go much higher. major refineries are soon set to go back into production. that may be enough to cap prices but not lower them. the surging prices out there have risen 11 cents a gallon in just the past week to an average of $3.76 for a gallon of regular. that's almost 90 cents a gallon higher than a year ago, not far from the all-time high of $4.11 in july of 2008. >>> oil price worried asian investors today. hong kong's hang seng is down slightly. and in london, the ftse opened higher. the dow rose above 12,300. the

my colleague susie gharib is on assignment at the berkshire hathaway annual meeting in omaha. we start with a look at the u.s. dollar. for years the american greenback was the go-to currency in times of worry and prosperity. but thanks to less than stellar economic data and expectations the federal reserve will keep interest rates low. tonight, the dollar is at its lowest value in more than a year against the euro, british pound and canadian dollar. it's at the lowest level ever against the swiss franc. we have two reports looking at the weaker dollar. in a moment, how the drop has meant big profits for some u.s. companies. but first, darren gersh looks at what a weak dollar could mean for you. >> reporter: if you couldn't afford to pop across the pond to celebrate today's wedding with kate and wills, don't feel bad. in fact, feel patriotic. by keeping your dollars here at home, you are doing exactly what the u.s. economy needs. the dollar is down almost 8% this year against the british pound and other currencies of major trading partners. that makes it more expensive to get t

kevin tibbles, nbc news, omaha, nebraska. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. as always, we'd love to hear from you. brian williams will be here tomorrow reporting from the gulf. i'm lester holt in new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night.

this is the unlucky half of a high school jazz band trying to get home to omaha, nebraska. they are now stranded. and these kids laughing are in the lucky half of the band. they booked their tickets on a different airline and are headed home. >> we were so excited and we came out here and we had a great time. we just found out today our southwest airline flight is canceled, and they are telling us probably not until tuesday when we get back. >> other passengers on cancelled flights had no choice but to pay big bucks to buy a last-minute ticket on different airlines. red sox anne could not wait another day. she went to the delta counter. >> they were doubling and tripling the price. we spent a thousand dollars to get home. >> the high school students had neither that kind of money nor clue about how they are going to get home. >> we looked at chartering a bus. it would be $9,000. we are at a public high school. it is not like we can be writing checks. >> some people say southwest is reimbursing them for tickets they purchased on other airlines and other folks say they are st

and 72 in omaha. mid-50s in seattle and portland. 83 in dallas. 84 in phoenix. >>> and coming up next, an nfl great weighs in on the lasting damage done by hard hits on the field. >>> plus, business news. a company's surprising announcement. they will stop making those popular flip cams. >>> and the video that is stirring some heavy discussion this morning. a 6-year-old gets a tsa pat-down. we'll be right back. @b >>> well, brace yourself for sticker shock if you're planning a road trip this summer. the energy department predicts that gas prices will average $3.86 a gallon from april through september. that's up almost 40% from last year. that increase will really add up, too. the average household will pay about $825 more for fuel this year. >> very spendy. >>> overseas stocks are rising this morning. tokyo's nikkei average climbed 0.9% today. hong kong's hang seng gained 0.7%. in london, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow tumbled 117 points yesterday. the nasdaq fell nearly 27 point

omaha at 65. 50s from seattle to salt lake city. and phoenix hits a hot 90. >>> well, "time" magazine has named congresswoman gabby giffords as 1 of the 100 most influential people in the world. on top of that, president obama has written a tribute to giffords for the magazine. >> the president praised giffords as a model of civility and courage and unity. and a voice that cannot return soon enough. also on "time's" list, mark zuckerberg, justin bieber and first lady, michelle obama. >> bieber mania. >> he's everywhere. >>> coming up after the break, the big announcement from japan overnight. an even longer delay for automakers to return to normal. >>> and worldwide outcry this morning over the revelation that the iphone and ipad track your every move. >>> and on top of all that, why more and more of us are saying, yes, hold the fries. >>> and wall street is closed today, in observance of good friday, though banks will be open. tokyo's nikkei average ticked down less than 0.1% today. markets are closed in hong kong and london for ho

he is a great mayor in omaha, nebraska. host: thank you for waiting.ler: your guest is talking about the expense of a recall. i would like to know who pays him. where does he get his money? does it come out of the mayors pocket or the general fund? in my town of houston, we have wells and radiation. our mayor has gotten together with dhs. will not tell us what wells they are. the previous mayor did a deal with dhs. right now as we talk about this, this gentleman calls its economic development. when a political official pays back a political contributor to build a hotel or unneeded arena at taxpayer expense, when an elected official gives away taxpayer commons and sells them to cover his debt for his staff, the recall is a lot better than the guillotine. host: we will leave it there. guest: is covering some things i am not aware of in houston. i am executive with 41 years' experience. i run a national organization in washington, d.c. my salary is paid for by the dues of the cities that have been a part of it since 1932. -- thehe city's pay the cities pa

and i-80 from omaha to chicago. rain also makes for a slick ride on i-5, from seattle to l.a. on i-15, 84 and 90 in the rockies. and then, on the east coast, wet on i-95, from new york to providence. >> and if you're heading to the airport today, some delays can be possible in san francisco, los angeles, salt lake, denver and kansas city. >>> well, many of you are about to begin this early morning with a lengthy commute to work. a commute that's just about to get under way here in new york. >> taking a local look there. even if you carpool or drive a few miles, you've no doubt seen your commuting costs explode. that's not just because of gas prices. barbara pinto has the brand-new numbers from chicago. >> reporter: for karen slimmens, minivan driver and mother of four, her morning drive was a wake-up call. >> i did have sticker shock. it was $76 to fill up the tank of gas. >> reporter: that's almost as >> reporter: gas prices in chicago and across the nation are up nearly a dollar over a year ago. but a new report from aaa found the high price of driving goes well beyond filli

nebraska medical center in omaha. at one point last week, we were completely out. on call gist dr. kantajarian, at mda cancer center in texas, has been told by colleagues in 20 states that they are experiencing the shortage. >> i'm very concerned that as a leukemia doctor i'm not fulfilling my moral obligation towards my patients with leukemia. >> reporter: of the three makers of this drug, two had manufacturing quality issues and would could not meet the increased demand. a similar situation this past december when we reported on shortages of drugs used for cancer treatment in emergency care. for now, patients like allison fight to be heard. >> i just lost my husband of a brain tumor and i promised my kids after i was diagnosed with leukemia that the same ending wasn't going to happen to me. >> reporter: you worry now that you're not going to be able to keep that promise? >> i do worry because this drug is important to me. >> reporter: dr. richard besser, abc news, boston. >>> and there's a recall tonight involving the best-selling vehicle in america, ford's f-series pickup trucks

80 degrees in dallas, new orleans and miami. 53 here in new york. 47 in boston. 60s from fargo to omaha. and 70 in kansas city. seattle finally drying out, getting up to 55. 60 in sacramento. and 73 in phoenix. >>> coming up, should the speed limit on highways be raised to 85? one state is close to making that the law. >>> and also, one more reason to add berries to your breakfast. new evidence of their powerful ability to fight cancer. >>> plus, getting up close and personal with jaws. the new research that raises these man eaters right out of the ocean. isisisisisisisisisisis >>> well, first signs this morning that life is slowly returning to normal in japan. toyota announced overnight it will resume production at all of its plants in japan, from april 18th to 27th. the plants will operate at about 50% of normal capacity because of parts shortages. toyota still does not know when it will return to full production. >>> the economic recovery appears to be getting stronger. retail sales were surprisingly strong last month, coming in well ahead of expectations, despite the soaring gas pri

the next one is in fort calhoun hope near omaha nebraska. in this case a case of this reactor pumps an emergency water make up system failed repeatedly over several years the plant owner never identified the true cause of the failures and therefore did not take the right steps to prevent the recurrence in hill robinson said in florence south carolina on the thirty first anniversary of three mile island this event we visited nearly all the problems that caused a meltdown bad design poor maintenance of problematic equipment either in an inadequate operator performance and poor training and in surrey newport news virginia the next one after an inadvertent shutdown of the union you know one reactor the fire began in the control room due to an overheated electrical component similar component in unit two company didn't take steps to protect unit one from the problem identified in unit two and wolf creek in burlington can. anzus seven hours after the reactor shut down automatically because of a problem of electrical grid and n.r.c. inspector phone

ryan luby from our affiliate in omaha is there tonight. ryan? >> reporter: good evening, david. a remarkable story of survival in this town, 1,200 people. we know the lady that lives in the blue house rode the storm out in a ditch and only suffered minor cuts and scrapes. remarkable. because if you look at her neighbor's house across the street, half of the roof has been ripped off, and the home shifted a little bit on its foundation. if you look next door, you see that commercial building is covering that home. the man who lives there rode the storm out in his cellar. he, too, only suffered minor injuries. now, the cleanup here, of course continues and will likely continue for several days. people are here from neighboring towns to assist. david? >> ryan luby, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next to the next giant battle in washington, the one many economists say could plunge this country back into recession. the u.s. is about to hit the league ceiling for our national debt. that ceiling, $14.3 trillion. congress must decide whether to raise it. how did we get here? we crunc

they have added 30 minutes ago three more cancelled flights coming in, from omaha, los angeles, phoenix. lots of people asking what's going to happen once they get to their other destinations. the good news is most of the flights are taking off of oakland. here's a video that we shot this morning, already before the first plane took off at 6:40 a.m. you can see the word cancelled throughout southwest airlines board. i can tell you they are famous for making multiple stops around the way. according to them that's how they keep their fares low. a lot of people are taking off this morning but it might be a very long day. no matter where you go there is a chance you might make multiple stops. here is a reaction from one traveler headed to minneapolis. >> i have to be at a meeting at 10:00 a.m. minneapolis time and i hope i make in time. >> will: is a direct flight? >> i'm worried about that because i have to stop at denver. hopefully will be ok there. >> will: incredibly a lot of travelers are very patient even travelers who didn't know what happened over the weekend. the trouble you just h

feed your fiesta. 72 in omaha.n albuquerque. 54 degrees in seattle. 55 in portland. >>> well, with easter just a week and a half away now, a southern california woman has found a religious experience in a flower. we've all seen these stories. >> liz bullock says she took the photographs of the desert and when she got home and examined those photos, something caught her eye. what do you see in this poppy? >> a dark spot among the petals of a two-tone poppy looks to her like an image of jesus. she says she's preserving the flower for posterity. >> see, there's been jesus in toast, jesus in a tree trunk. >> i saw him in the subway coming in. all right, we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. >> it is new york. you've got o, so individualize with exact eyelights eye brightening mascara, liner, and shadow collections from covergirl. find your custom colors ith light-reflecting metallics and say hello to brighter eyes! ♪ green eyes -- here's the look for you. blue eyes have their look and hazels too! for a s

omaha 65. and fargo 45. a hot 90 degrees in phoenix.soccer unless it involves the world cup or david beckham but this story is worth it. >> that's right. spanish club team real madrid was celebrating a big tournament win early on thursday. as they paraded the trophy in an open-top bus, it slipped out of the player's hand. and then the bus ran it over. >> the 33-pound cup was broken into a few pieces and now they're having it rebuilt before it goes on display in the club's trophy case. >> you know what they need? one of those really big "dancing with the stars" trophies that you can't fit in the car. because it's so big. >> just excited, right? slipped under the bus. that's good stuff right there. more "world news now" after the break. stay with us. ♪ you know the nearer your destination the more you're slip sliding away ♪ sliding away ♪ hó >>> well, rarely do completely separate medical studies come to the same conclusion, but this morning we have the same trouble finding -- the same troubling finding, rather, coming not from two but th

. >>> 49 in seattle. 89 in phoenix. 60ness omaha and kansas city. 75 in dallas.ting up to 87. >>> a beloved family pet in south carolina has earned the new title of boy's best friend. >> you'll love this story. look at this guy, this guy, too. 2-year-old tyler jacobson vanished from his home and hended up spending the night outside in the cold but the family's lab mix schuyler is being credited with keeping tyler safe and warm. >> isn't this cool? after temperatures dipped into the 40s overnight, police found tyler and schuyler the next morning huddled behind a neighbor's house. they say the baby jumped to get out of the yard and let the toddler out by releagues the latch. perhaps he's part of the problem but he did his pettily duty there. he stayed with him. how can you not love dogs when you see them so loyal? >> there is a connection, the true lastsie moment. >> cute little kid too. more "world news now" after this. >>> so often what we think about war is formed by hollywood but that is definitely not the case this morning. >> not at all. nothing fictional abo

of days here in oklahoma, also being out in california at stamford last month and high schools in omahain january, high schools up in seattle, is that the young people are so anxious to get after this. they want to do this. they walk up to me and say, listen, dylan, i have all the ideas. there's things to do. how do i get involved? what feedback do you give to the youth of this country who are so anxious to seize this issue? >> i think it's get that they are, great they're aware enough of the problem. not living in denial. they know this is the world to enher inherit. education is first. understand the issues and the potential business models for renewable energy companies. you know, learn more about the public policy because, you know, really it's up to the public to influence the leaders of this country to take the right action. they're not going to do it if they don't feel they have a mandate from the public. so we have to educate ourselves. you know, i go to these kind of green carpet events and people sticking a microphone in your face and saying what are the green tips? i think th

and 88 in phoenix. 60 in omaha and 56 in kansas city. new york climbs to 74. >>> in other news now, the first safety test of electric cars are in and the results are pretty good. the insurance industry ran its crash test on the chevrolet volt and the nissan leaf and both aced the test, although the volt and leaf are considered small cars. their battery packs put their weight closer to large sedans so they don't get pushed around so much in crashes. >>> and the man suspected of placing a homemade bomb in a colorado shopping malace week is now due in court this morning. earl albert moore was arrested yesterday without trouble outside of a grocery store where he was having coffee. authorities say he planted a pipe bomb and also propane tanks in the suburban denver mall on the anniversary of the columbine high school shootings. that bomb did not go off. >>> leaders of the pro football players union are due in court today as the judge considers whether the owners' lockout should be put on hold. all of the legal maneuvering has left players, owners and fans wonderin

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