according to oracle. but google says " we are confident in our defenses ". oracle's plans not only go beyond copyright and patent law but also threaten the entire job a community, software developers and the goal of making systems work together smoothly ". cnet says it could be right but the battle could end badly for the entire valley regardless >> it will be such a flurry of litigation that it will stifle innovation to some degree and slowdown products in things that you expect to come out of silicon valley and other technology centers. >> the case is expected to unfold over the next eight to 10 weeks and the trial will start again in just a few hours. we hear that the oracle ceo could be taking the stand and that google could be doing their opening statements today. both companies have a lot at stake. in the next half-hour we will break down for you what a win would mean for both companies. >> let's go to lawrence with the weather >> a fantastic week, i think today might be the coolest day of the week

sun microsystems eased on that platform until oracle bought out the company. google says the programming language was free to use >> can these application programming interfaces be copyrighted? are they indeed an idea for an expression of an idea? >> oracle is seeking nearly $1 billion of damages and an injunction that would force google to change the way it uses its android software. >> riding through the streets of san francisco on board a muni train with more on the proposal that could allow a lot more people to ride for free >> a lot of commuters are heading home so people are going to the ballpark, but if the metropolitan transit agency has its way they will vote tomorrow to allow anyone under 18 to ride muni for free, that is the proposal. it is a two-year trial proposal, looking at spending about $6.5 million to pull it off. a lot of people are opposing it because they say muni has a $19.5 million deficit so how will they spend 6.5 million on letting kids ride for free but there are those who are in favor of it. in new york they have done it but they on

we have larry ellison from oracle, larry page from google, back-and-forth going one-on-one with each other but this case could have serious implications for the entire silicon valley. the claim is that oracle says the school used were violated copyright laws when they develop its android system using java programming and then cool came back saying know these are not false claims, they didn't have copyright laws over that period this will have serious implications across silicon valley when the case unfolds. >> we lost her but we will get back to her in just a moment. the final flight for space shuttle discovery, it is taking a piggyback ride from the kennedy space center. it will go to dulles international airport just outside washington d.c.. discovery is the oldest space shuttle. >> it is so cool to watch the shuttle launch, you can actually feel it when they go up >> i was just there recently and it was canceled. i'm so sad to see the program over. >> but it is exciting for what is in the future. we will finally get some of the warmest temperatures of the season today. low clouds,

now at issue whether google oracle money for using oracle's java software in its phones. >>> wall streets in apple recovered on tuesday and doing well this morning after five straight days of decline. apple reports its profits next week. there's been some uneasiness over whether the company can keep record profits going. >>> ebay reports after the closing bell today. the dow was lower. both ibm and intel pulling the industrials down. >>> twitter getting a big thumbs up this morning from silicon valley as it made a promise to never use its patents to attack other companies. some companies use patents to sue other companies as a way to make money. twitter says this morning it will never do that. now many of silicon valley argue there shouldn't everyone be such a thing as software patents. recently, npr and "this american life" did an entire hour on software patents. you'd think it would be super boring. it's actually really interesting. so if you're interested in the subject, i posted a link on our facebook page with more information. back to you. >>> i think it's safe to say that change i

oracle sued google claiming google's dry dry infringes on oracle's java patents. oracle is reportedly asking for about $1 billion in damages. jury selection begins this morning in federal court in san francisco. opening staipts may also begin this afternoon. the trial should last ten weeks. >>> the san jose sharks are back in the bay area hoping to take the lead in their first round playoff series against the st. louis blues which is tied one game apiece. game three is 7:00 tonight at hp pavilion. sharks won game one. blues tied the series saturday. game four is thursday in san jose. the series moves back to st. louis for game five saturday. >>> san jose state's athletic director is leaving. he is taking the same job at memphis. he has been the director there for 7 1/2 years. >>> a mixed day on wall street. why apple stock is dragging down the tech sector. we'll tell put american people feel like spending money these days. ñ?óyp8 >>> the dow is up thanks to a strong increase in retail sales. apple strategying down the nasdaq. no specific reason, just likely some p

display at it is the oldest of the spatial group and they're calling it a class of attack titans' oracle and google and around 2 in federal court this morning k is an san francisco to explain what they're battling over she joins us with the latest. it's over intellectual property and today is the to the silicon showdown or as he said the battle of the billionaire is take a look in one corner we have larry ellison the ceo of oracle in in the other we have c l larry page from google in the other or goal of putting the finger google saying that the search engine violate copyrights when it developed its popular injured system using copyrighted java programming but looking back and said we're confident in our defenses oracles claims not only go beyond copyright and patent law but also threaten the entire job at humitidy software developers and gold making systems work together smoothly they say google could be read the billionaire battle can end badly for the entire silicon valley. >>> there in such a flurry of litigation that will slow down innovation in some degree in slowdown products they

oracle went first. they are suing claiming they used the java software for the android phone without testing it first. they say oracle considered buying blackberry i can maker rim. blackberry maker. he is expected to testify in depth tomorrow. >>> and the so-called oracle of omaha says he has prostate cancer. he disclosed the diagnosis in an open letter to shareholders. the ceo says he was diagnosed after a routine blood test. that is likely to reignite controversy. a task force warns against the psa testing for men over age 75 because prostate cancer usually grows so slowly in older men it rarely proves fatal. buffet is 81. buffet wrote his condition is, quote, not remotely life-threatening, and he went on to say that "i feel great, as if i were in my normal excellent health." he plans to start a course of radiation treatment in july. >>> mexican authorities raised the alert level for a huge eruption. a lava dome is growing in the crater of the volcano. it has been spewing water vapor and ash leading t

oracle sued google saying their patent is infringing and oracle is asking for $1 billion in damages. possibly opening statements and the trial is expected to last ten weeks. >>> the game city council is expected to take up a hot button issue and it involves wireless service. they fought a recent decision to give a green light to put up new cell phone towers in areas of the city. they say the company has never proven there was a gap in wireless service and the group is calling for more regulation. >>> time now 4:51 it is back to federal court for roger clemenss. this morning marks the beginning of his second trial on perjury charges. >>> why organizers are asking some of the runners to stay home today. . >>> time now 4:53, they get a second chance to try roger clemens on perjury charges. that trial is expected to last several weeks. clemens is accused of lying to congress on the use of steroids in big league baseball. last year the judge declared a mistrial after they previously ruled inadmissible and shown in court. >>> some runners are asked to stay home because of the heat. i want

. >>> oracle against google in a courtroom battle. at issue, smartphone technology. oracle accuses google of infringing on seven patents on technology used in smartphones. oracle claims that google used the technology intentionally and without paying for it. >>> the traitest trends of online bullying is part of a new bill headed to the state senate. it would make it easier for schools to punish those harassing others on sites. schools could suspend or expel students for so-called burn pages. those are web pages that attack classmates or fake online profiles that impersonate other kids. >>> if you're a parent, you know that technology and teens are hard to separate. but all that activity may be divisive. some kids so dialed in, they're not learning how to connect emotionally, one-on-one. nbc bay area's jean elle has more on what that means for teens, especially for girls and their futures. >> i go in there. you're texts. you're on the computer. and you have the music going. >> reporter: like most teenagers, jesse is a multitasker. stanford communication professor, cli

oracle went first. they are suing claiming they used the java software for the android phone without testing it first. they say oracle considered buying blackberry i can maker rim. blackberry maker. he is expected to testify in depth tomorrow. >>> and the so-called oracle of omaha says he has prostate cancer. he disclosed the diagnosis in an open letter to shareholders. the ceo says he was diagnosed after a routine blood test. that is likely to reignite controversy. a task force warns against the psa testing for men over age 75 because prostate cancer usually grows so slowly in older men it rarely proves fatal. buffet is 81. buffet wrote his condition is, quote, not remotely life-threatening, and he went on to say that "i feel great, as if i were in my normal excellent health." he plans to start a course of radiation treatment in july. >>> mexican authorities raised the alert level for a huge eruption. a lava dome is growing in the crater of the volcano. it has been spewing water vapor and ash leading t

of oracle racing, the winningest skipper in the history of the america's cup. thank you, sir mayor and thank you jennifer. some of you may recall the america's cup when dennis connor was king. he was mr. america's cup, winning it, actually winning it twice, then losing it and then finally winning it again. and i remember something he said. he said the america's cup is a game of life. racing is just how you keep the score. and i must say that with 20 years or actually slightly more than that involvement in the america's cup, i think i know exactly what he meant. the america's cup is much more than a sailboat race, for a team that tests every element from talent to technology, from fundraising to boat building, from management to athleticism. for a host city, it's a competition much bigger than sailing. it can simply shine a light on the city where it's taking place. so i offer this friendly piece of warning. be prepared because two weeks ago, the america's cup teams were racing in names, italy -- napeles, italy, where i believe something like 500,000 spectators

oracle claims google's android software violates oracle's copyrights. opening arguments could begin by mid-morning. the trial is expected to last about ten weeks. >>> soon, oakland voters could have their say on term limits and rank choice voting. considering a measure for the november ballot that would limit council members and the cityou attorney to three consecutive four-year terms in office. another would repeal rank choice voting. instead those races would go back to a general election early in the year followed by a run-off election in november. rank-choice voting was approved by oakland voters in 2006 but the system has faced criticism since mayor jean quan beat the state senator even though prada was the top choice of more voters. >>> people in the midwest cleaning up and recovering after a deadly string of tornadoes across the region, nearly 100 tornadoes touched down in several states on saturday, one of the hardest hit areas was woodward, oklahoma. at least five people were killed when a twister ripped through a mobile home park there. meanti

oracle contends google's android mobile phone software uses patents oracle owns. if oracle wins, it could ask for $1 billion. google says total potential damages could be less than a tenth of that. solar energy stock has been suffering some dark days. the latest disappointment was a canceled initial public stock offering. bright-source energy was scheduled to sell stock to the public this week but it canceled the offering, blaming poor market conditions. first solar is among the biggest solar panel makes with a market value of just under $2 billion. today shares sank another 5%, pushing the stock down to less than $1 away from a new 52 week low. investor sentiment toward solar stocks has cooled, as prices for solar panels have dropped thanks to plenty of supply. and who said grocery stocks can be boring? check out safeway. shares have been staging a stiff rally all week, moving up 2.5% today. volume also has been picking up. volume more than doubled today. optimism toward its earnings have been building after a strong report from competitor super-valu. and that's

back to you. >> john, we're looking at oracle at intra-session highs. how do you trade oracle?think that's kind of an ancillary thing, and i think the real story with oracle is this is a winning company when it comes to earnings reports. go back and look at the history as this company lays out what they think they'll do and exceeds it. they're very good at this game. it's tough to want to be on the other side of that trade going into report night. >> coming up on the half time report, trading the three events in europe that need to be on your radar. money in motion. that trade next. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! here's my spark card. and here's your wool. why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! the spiked heels are working. wow! who are you wearing? uhhh, his cousin. [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with double miles or 2% cash back on ev

. >> ravers are raging right now, pop 2012 is under way at the oracle irina.t skipped the bay area last year after being linked to deaths and injuries. >> for those who love the really big events, the drought has ended but can the producers pull this off and still keep it safe? tonight is the test. the deaths of two young men were tied to a cow palace party called pop 2010. a 23 year-old died and eight days later a 25 year-old died. another eight were sickened and 70 arrests on drug-related charges. dr. david goldsmith was one of the physicians who took care of people back in 2010 >> they're actually fragile and the drugs are quite dangerous and they do terrible things >> another cow palace brave in october sent more to hospitals. the cow palace and did them and the councilman proposed a ban at public facilities statewide >> it is not acceptable if one person dies >> is senator proposed legislation to give authorities more control but it failed. he responded to the oakland oracle 12 in e-mail to cbs five writing ads in major changes i fear oakland will be deal

and an attorney for oracle told a jury oracle, google is as far as 2005 it had to license the job of programming language to develop android software, oracle claims google didn't want to share the mobile operating system. google denies infringing the patents saying technology used isn't covered by copy right and using parts of a platform is fair and legal. taking a look at markets today there are stocks ending the day mixed. most rising after a better than expected report on retail sales boosted optimism about the u.s. economy. and there is major losses in april cell. speaking of those losses, shares of apple down for the fifth day in a row. the stock lost 4% today, and potentially on speculation demand for the ipad may fall. and that local phone carriers will cut subsidies decreasing profitiblibility of the best-selling products. this adding enthusiasm at a high with multiple analysts saying it would be the first trillion dollar company in the united states. finally, next installment of one of the biggest film franchises will be made in china. disnay announcing ironman 3 will be co-

jury selection began this morning involving the trial of redwood city's oracle. oracle is seeking $1 billion in damage. it claims google violated patents and copyright. oracle acquired java when it bought sun microsystems next year. >>> demand for homes here help set home prices up for the first time in more than a year. california association of realtors says home prices in the state went up 1.6% last month, that's the first year over year increase we've seen in 16 months. the group says the jump is in part due to tight inventory. on wall street stocks finished this day. they gained 71 points boosted by strong retail sales and closed that below 3,000. it was dragged down by profit taking. on capitol hill died today. democrats couldn't find the 60 votes needed. they voted again the measure. it was president obama's attempt to create a new tax rate for people earning more than $1 million a year. the cnn pole released today fined 72 president of americans. reminder here in case you haven't done so already there is one day left to find fire your taxes. but this year

you'd never want to what -- run on oracle. it is not secure, reliable.or the technical people in the room, was unix a technologically better system? was oracle better than db2 technologically? the answer i will tell you is no. what they were were economically better. the massive difference in the economics of this, which has driven every stage of computing here, and that is what is going to drive this forward. i will end by letting you -- if there's one thing i want you to walk away with, i am going to tell you a little story, and i'm going to pass it back. as i said, i teach a class in beijing, and the amazon boys are very nice to me. they gave me $3,000 worth of computers and storage, so i showed up in class and said, "you get $3,000 of computer and storage." turns out that buys you about 2 1/2 years of a server, you can pick northern california, virginia, ireland, right? most of the kids in the room are looking at me saying that it is kind of boring. they can get a server in beijing. what difference does it make year or $3,000 buys 10,000 computers fo

oracle is suing google for patent infringement. it claims the software violates oracle's copyrights on programming language. it's expected to last two months and feature testimony from larry ellison and larry page. >>> barry bonds could be heading back to court, but this time it's for someone else's perjury trial. the home run king might be called as a witness in the perjury case of former pitching great roger clemens. among those possibly joining bonds as witnesses is former a's star jose canseco and bud selig. their names are among the more than 100 potential witnesses read today on the fist day of jury selection. here's clemens now, he's accused of lying to congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. >>> well, it's an annual rite of spring, shark playoffs. tonight the tank is bugs. >> game three of their best of seven series with st. louis. the series is tied at one game apiece. let's bring in brody brazil who joins us from the shark tank. i'm already looking at your beard, brody. what day is this and how lo

oracle acquired java when it bought sun microsystems.u and google -- oracle and google were not able to reach a licensing agreement. >>> and the federal trade commission is looking into claims google bypassed the default privacy settings of the safari browser for google users. last year google agreed to a 20- year overnight of its -- oversight of its practices. the fine could go as high as $16,000 a day if there was a violation. >>> it was caught on tape. we're with we're gonna show you the incident that led to the suspension of a top israeli military officer. >>> also, an important announcement involving january's italian cruise ship disaster. >> reporter: concord police beef up patrols and parents are put on high alert. we'll tell you why when "mornings on 2" continues. [ girl ] my mom always tells me: if you want something done right, then do it yourself. that's the idea behind our children, our future -- the ballot initiative to fix our schools. we've waited years for the politicians to do it. now, we can do it ourselves. our childre

companies have lot to lose. >> oracle believes they are entitled to $1 billion in licensing fees andjust the money that makes this so important but the judge is calling its eworld series of intellectual property. and experts believe that is one case could impact every company in silicon valleys. that is how big it is. >> it is not exactly reality show but as close as silicon valley will get. >> it is opening day, the first day of the billion dollar oracle vs. school will trial. as the case unfolds over the next 10 weeks, the rock stars of silicon valley are expected to take the witness stand, the biggest draw is the to larry's.

at issue is whether google owes oracle money for using oracle's jobless software in its phones. we are right smack in the middle of earnings seasons. yahoo showing progress under new ceo scott thompson. for more on earnings in the market ahead today, let's say good morning to jackie deangelis at cnbc. good morning. >> good morning, scott. the futures, a little bit lower today after yesterday's big rally. that could be due to some of the mixed earnings we did see from tech giants ibm and intel last night. as you mentioned stocks soared on tuesday on the back of positive earnings from the likes of coca-cola, johnson & johnson. apple rebounding from the week of declines, jumping more than 5% yesterday. investors were also cheer order by a good response to the spanish government bond auction out of europe. today, though, asian markets lower overnight as -- excuse me, higher overnight. european markets in the red today. in the u.s., no particular data to watch for today. but treasury secretary tim geithner talked about the global economy. overall we saw the dow rising 194 points yest

the real star of a lawsuit may be the oracle lawyer david boyce. known for defending al gore and the supreme court case bush vs. gore. he also took down bill gates in the u.s. vs. microsoft antitrust lawsuit. he is also responsible for overturning california's proposition 8 banned in gay marriage. >> and heart of silicon valley lesson on the importance of cyber security. a part of homeland security secretary janet napolitano giddy town hall discussion today in san jose state university. emphasizing her department's expanding role in the fight against electronic crime. one reason investigation uncovered a criminal with a staggering amount of financial information. >> an investigation that identified a person who had reached a federal reserve bank computer server. as part of a scheme to commit fraud. after analyzing the computer we found credit card data worth $200 million. >> she says the department is also working on expanding cyber security education in schools. some programs geared for students as young as kindergarten. >> two days after a deadly

oracle and cisco, dinged and dented. the reason microsoft and intel have bullish trends in all three frames. whether you're looking at the short-term, the long-term, or somewhere in the middle, the pattern little sees, they're bullish. oracle and cisco, on the other hand, i know a lot of people own these stocks. they have a ton of hair on them. which, by the way, is as negative for stocks as it is positive for humans. cisco has a bearish long-term chart, even as the short and intermediate ones are bullish. someone ask med on twitter, jim, suddenly you like cisco? i said, look, short-term, the momentum is there. oracle is the opposite, it's bullish long-term, but bearish everywhere else. using this kind of trading cube is like playing the slots. you only have a winner when all three time frames give you the same bullish result. which is why little prefers microsoft and intel and says, let's not be in those other guys. plus, these two have outperformed the others over the last 12 months and since the beginning of the year.

if so, how much will google have to pay to oracle? i was upstairs a few moments ago in the courtroom. very interesting going through jury selection naming off witnesses including larry ellison, larry paige, one of the fun things i think in jury selection is they asked the jurors have you heard of any of these people and if so, what do you think of them? so you kind of get the pulse. it turns out three or four people of the 18 had heard of larry ellison. nobody heard of eric smid or larry paige or scott mckneelly. litting surprising. anyway, this android operating system particularly important to google at this point because mobile is beginning to effect earnings. we saw that last week as costs per click were down in part because mobile isn't yet driving the same kind of revenue per click that desktop search is. this is going to be a tough trial for google it looks like. the judge has already signalled in pre-trial activities because of e-mail. one of google's engineers wrote this e-mail to others in google "we need to negotiate a lice

. >>> else where jury selection begins against oracle. oracle says google violated. shares will be priced of carlisle group will be between 20 and $25 a piece when it goes public in may. credit suisse bank could slash up to 5,000 investment banking jobs. and zbrining today walmart is launching a disk to digital service to converts their old dvds to around online movie library. >>> finally you heard your taxes are due on april 17th this year. that is tomorrow. to help with the sting of filing they're offering tax day freebies including arby's, cinneb cinnebon, and maggie moo's ice cream. however, many want you to log onto their facebook page. give them a like. >>> the lakers defeat the defending champs in overtime. plus a big hit in the stanley cup playoffs as the kings near a knockout punch. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather thankfully no tornado outbreaks are in the forecast this week. you're forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> hey, there, good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in spo

oracle and cisco, indented. the reason? microsoft and intel have bullish trends in all three frames. whether are you looking at the short-term, long-term or somewhere in the middle. pattern, little "c"s. oracle and cisco, a lot of people own these stocks. and by the way, it's negative as stocks for positive for humans, cisco is a bearish long-term chart. even the short term and medium term ones, somebody asked me, jim, suddenly you like cisco? short term, momentum is there. oracle is the opposite. bullish long term. but bearish everywhere else. and using this kind of trading cube is like playing the slots. only have a winner with all three time frames give you the same bullish result. which is why little prefers microsoft and intel and says let's not be in those other guys. and these two have outperformed the others over the last 12 months and since the beginning of the year. that matters plenty, because from the perspective of chartists, it sure make sense to stick with the strongest stocks in the strong market. now we hav

oracle claims google's android software violates patents of oracle's software.oogle argues the parts it uses are publicly available. the trial is expected to last about two months. >>> all right, tori. 7:07. sal's been telling its us -- telling us it's been relatively quiet. we've had some crashes but yesterday, it was just kind of terrible, especially in contra costa county. let's take a look at what we have with san francisco. northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the 80 split. we've been checking the peninsula traffic. we don't find anything on 101 or on 280. we did have an earlier problem on 280 northbound in daly city. a car ran over and was disabled on the right-hand shoulder. moving onto the toll plaza. it's just a little bit busier than it normally is. we had an earlier crash. that's why just a little bit longer than you will normally have to wait. san jose, though, i think you will be happy with this. you look at this live picture. 280 looks good. that represents what we have in the south bay. we don't have any accidents or stalls reported on 28

oracle claims it owns it. the owner outlined the system to buy sun micro systems. he admitted he wanted to compete against google in the smart phone market. earlier, google explored the deal with sun and claims since oracle filed seven months after the sun deal, the claims don't hold up. >>> tomorrow marks 106 years since the san francisco earthquake and great fire that followed. there are lots of festivities and memorials planned, but the celebration began a day earlier. some survivors gathered to tell their story. one member of the group could not travel, but others came ready to share their memories. >> i was 1-year-old. i lived in the bay on columbus avenue. my dad had a saloon on the corner. it burned to the ground. >> the annual survivors dinner is under way at john's grill. the events begin tomorrow at exactly 5:11 a.m. the exact moment of the quake. rattling the quake from los angeles to oregon and leaving many memories behind. >>> the official groundbreaking in santa clara is this thursday. one of the interesting people in the deal stepped down today. the

large-scale electronic dance party and there have been calls to stop the parties but doug is at the oracle arena where the party is going on right now >> under way for the first time in nearly two years and people are concerned about what happened to years ago. that rate at the cow palace and it not only in death of but a lot of six, sick people and arrests. the deaths of two young men were tied to the cow palace party called pop 2010. another eight were sickened and several were arrested on drug- related charges. this was one of the doctors who took care of critically ill people back in 2010 >> they're actually quite fragile and the drugs are quite dangerous and they do terrible things >> another one in october of 2010 sent more to hospitals. , palace officials ended the parties and a ban was proposed at publicly owned facility statewide >> it is not acceptable if one young person dies at an event. >> senator linda yee propose legislation to give authorities more control but it failed. absent major changes, i fear oakton will be dealt the same set of problems we had in daly city and lives

oracle is suing google saying they are infringing. oracle is suing for $1 billion in damages.t trial is expected to last ten weeks. >>> they are threatening to working online in order to call a 2 day strike. now the union reps 24,000 professors, librarians coaches and counts letters across -- counselors across the campuses. rallies will be held tad at san francisco and sonoma state. the first of four congressional hearings, they are scrutinizing the expenditures at a resort in 2010. jeffery nearly has refused to testify voluntarily and has been spine he had -- subpoenaed to appear. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano visited san jose state university later today. she will be visiting with students about the efforts to increase cyber security and also about expanding hiring. you are looking at secretary of homeland security janet napolitano, and there are messages it will take a lot to fight cyber crime. >>> this year you have until midnight to to that. yes was pretty busy because april 15th fell on a sunday and today isee mandatory evacuation pacing day marking the

google denies it infringed oracle's copy rights. gerri willis has the news for us.e companies and shareholders and on and on and on. >> well, oracle looking for a billion dollars. they want to score big with this. they bought that company java from sun microsystems. google also wants to make sure that it can get this free. that's why they are fighting. for most of us who have java software on our devices, whether it's a laptop or a phone or whatever, they might have to reissue that relicense that software. we just have to wait and see when. >> shepard: i'm guess ago lot of people in our google audience have used google street view. look at all the houses from street to street. feds slapping google with a fine for that. >> big trouble. stealing information they weren't supposed. slapped with a fine. they make $3 billion in this previous quarter. so, that's a minute's worth of profit. so, don't be crying for google here. they're doing all right. >> shepard: all right. gerri, thanks. apple stock fell for the fifth straight day of trading. and dragged the nasdaq right d

mostly about java and oracle's dealings with it. trying to make the case java is supposed to be free. oracle came in behind and decided to start charging for something it hasn't charged for before. larry ellison's mission on the stand was to stay that's not the case. google is the only company dealing with java in the way that it is and not taking the license. ellison tried to make the point he's always thought -- he had always thought he would be able to convince google to take a license. but google, who's defending here, did manage to sort of make the case that oracle and ellison tried to make their own phone and tried to work with google first. when that didn't work, they then decided to sue. that's where we are right now. back to you. >> jon, thanks very much. >>> by the way, it's worth remembering that in march of 1997 larry ellison said he was putting together a consortium investors to buy the struggling apple computer. a lot of people forget that. jobs wasn't running it. ellison was going to put together a bid for $700 millio

is already in overtime. >> today we got a sneak peek of oracle racing and it was impressive.am is hear theer practice on a smaller version on the 45. we weren't allowed to film for ac 72. i asked them what are the biggest challenges on the bay? >> everything. the wind and it's not always apparent which direction to go. given the bay is very small. spectator craft more physical than ever before. it will be extremely challenging >> it will be 72 feet long with 223 feet mast. that is over 20 stories. these boats are capable of going three times the speed of the wind. >> 60 miles an hour. you are going to really have to hold on. >> john was raised in marin county and learned to sail on the bay. >> we hope to have an advantage from my experience here on san francisco bay. but quite honestly other teams will figure it out. >> course will be golden gate bridge and treasure island. >> san francisco, it perfect arena for it. it be incredible. >> this will be the place to be in 15 months for 2013 america's cup. mike shumann, abc7 sports. >> if you would like more information on our sto

other than that, good feeling and go oracle! >> thank you. >> any further pub comment? -- public comment. hearing none, commissioners and questions? >> i want to thank the staff for doing this twice. it's just been a real labor of love for the city i think that all of us put forward and i want to thank all of for putting in the long nights and long days and working so hard to really make this event a reality. i think all of us recognize that the america's cup will showcase the beauty of san francisco bay and of the port and appreciate everyone's kind words today and look forward to awful us working together to make this a spectacular event. thank you. >> mr. crowley? >> i would like to echo the words of the fellow commissioner next to me. in particular, i with like to call out brad benson, mike martin and especially peter daley working into the wee hours of the day and monique. thank you for your leadership. we hope this is a great event and we hope it lives here a long time. >> thank you. i think you echo the sentiments of all of us. any other comments? >> i don't know