peabody energy was among the weakest today, falling almost 6%. after more than doubling from its june low, b-t-u is down more than 12% in a week. lower energy prices didn't help g.m., as shares closed at their lowest level since its i.p.o. chief financial officer chris liddell is leaving after just 14 months. he had been seen as a possible c.e.o. candidate. classic defensive areas didn't necessarily see buyers. gold fell more than $17; silver fell from its recent generational high; and utility stocks dropped. there were bond buyers, though. the yield on the ten-year government bond fell below 3.4%, it's lowest since late january. as yields drop, bond prices rise. biotech firm human genome sciences bucked the weak stock trend, jumping 13% on huge volume. the fda okayed its drug to treat lupus. it's the first new medicine for the disease in more than a half century. c.e.o. tom watkins expects to see thousands of new customers. >> the market here is very large. we're talking about, in the u.s., we estimate 325,000 patients that are our initial targe

. >>> it looked like peter max got nauseous on the interstate in peabody, mass. a semi tipped over containing c: 16,000 pounds of ink cartridges. the amazing technicolor mishap was partially cleaned up with sand. 8,000 gallons of ink spilled out, thankfully no injuries, in what is being called the most colorful traffic incident in history. >>> and a scary moment in seattle. this web video we were talking about for a woman and her dog. this has ended up being an instructional and inspirational video on the web. after the dog stopped breathing during an obedience class, the trainer took action. he started giving the dog chest compressions. at one point administering mouth-to-mouth. the owner can be heard wailing in the background. after two minutes of cpr, the dog fully revived, and we've put the entire video on our website for you tonight. that's nightly.msnbc.com. >>> up next, what could be the next big thing in our education nation, and a development people need to know about. >>> we continue our series from education nation tonight with the work of a remarkable

youth radio bay area was announced as one of the recipients of the george foster peabody awart for itsvestigation into child sex trafficking. youth radio's senior producer said the award is a tribute to the entire organization. >> it was a product of the newsroom that was totally supported, generated, and cultivated through the fact we're a part of a larger youth organization with a health department, with a community -- you know, a community serviceman date. >> over the past two decades, youth radio won other awards like the edward r. murrow and the dupont award. >>> the winter sports season is extend into the summer. the near-record snowfall of 61 feet means some sierra ski resorts are open longer. so far squaw valley is expanding through memorial day and mammoth plans to remain open through july 4. most of the other resorts will be open at least through easter weekend. >>> sunny and warm, although there are some subtle hints of a little change for a few but it's blue skies, everybody. coast inland on this. the last hour, hayward was 76. this hour, they're 71. they had a north wind l

while the energy sector was not spared selling, coal stocks were stand-outs, including peabody energy. shares jumped almost 4%. volume quadrupled. as oil prices have been volatile, so too have coal stocks. natural gas drillers also saw a nice bump today. range resources drills in appalachia and in the southwestern u.s. volume doubled on this almost 4% rally today. the still-developing nuclear situation in japan, along with china putting a temporary freeze on new nuclear plants and germany and france launching new inspections, all has put investors into coal and nat gas stocks. take a look at coal miners patriot and arch gained about 1.5% each. natural gas drillers southwestern and chesapeake added more than 3% each. we also saw a big jump in bond prices, pushing bond interest rates down thanks to japan. rates plunged to 3.2%, the lowest since early december. investors have been piling into bonds since the day before the japanese earthquake. clearly pushed there today with weak housing starts as well. finally, morton's restaurant group, the company behind the steakhouses of the same na

our first guest is the emmy and peabody award-winning anchor and managing editor of the "nbc nightlynewscast for six years running. please welcome back to our show our good friend, mr. brian williams! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: great to have you here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: we love having you on the show. thank you. >> i realize the tribute that represents. >> yes, you are the first guest to get their original song created by the roots for you. >> oh, it's unbelievable. >> jimmy: yeah, we're big fans of you over here, clearly. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for always having me. >> jimmy: yeah -- oh, please. you were just in egypt, right? >> it seems like yesterday afternoon, and yet, of course, it's been weeks and several crises ago. but yeah, richard engel and i were like on a hotel balcony doing play-by-play of a gun battle all night on cable. the secret police in the hotel --it was off the hook for a while. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't understand. you have a beautiful family. do you worry about this? does it concern you? you have the emergency suitcase

. >> this was peabody.t was one of the world's largest manufacturers of garbage trucks. >> reporter: several hundred people used to work here says this lawyer thomas palmer including his father who helped design the rear loader still in use today. the plant closed for good in 2003. and that's the familiar galleon ring, familiar that is to those who remember this phone made by north electric, a telecom pioneer.when i was a young boy the north electric company employed 2,000 to 2500 people here in galeon. they moved to tennessee, florida and then to mexico. >> reporter: as crawford county bled jobs to manufacturing, delaware county added them in high-end services. >> economic change is not just changes in finance or changes in employment. it is place based. places like crawford county are negatively impacted and places like columbus are favored because of the economic base of that community at the time of the change. >> reporter: so what is this place? >> this build ing is the mccoy center of jap morgan chase

, sears roebuck, the underwood typewriter company, many department stores, studebaker, was worth, peabody, and the brown shoe company. and all of the board of directors without. he was also a collector of major renaissance art. the patron of the outstanding classical musicians such as the red brick and physicists among them albert einstein, auto and max born and it in an advisor to the banking world and of the u.s. and germany before and after world war i. and the philanthropist who rescued many jewish intellectuals from germany in the 1930's. remarkably many of the achievements for which he was notable while he was losing his sight. henry was 28 when he was invited to join goldman sachs. ten years passed since his father marcus had him aside after he dropped out of harvard and hired his sister as his assistant. marcos and sam's father joseph a schoolmaster had been friends since their school days in germany. and this is the second marriage which had taken place between the sons and daughters of two families. henry had undoubtedly anticipated if anyone were to be offered the job it would