what does raj rajaratnam's attorney have to say in the opening arguments? >> tomorrow is an opening statement. the arguing part is supposed to be left for the end. the statement is an introduction of what is going to happen in this case, what the government thinks the evidence will prove, and how the evidence will fit together in context. what the defense attorney has to stay -- he doesn't have to say thing, they can skip an opening -- but the defense attorney will want to point out what he thinks will come out in the trial. and he wants to show that even though there are lots of wiretaps, those conversations are a ambiguous, and those people have reason to lie and make up things. >> susie: why is this trial so important? why is there so much attention on it? >> this is a huge hedge fund trial. we haven't seen these kind of cases where the government has used wiretap and gone after such a big target. so to the government, on its mission to try to create deterrents and stop people from committing insider trading, this is huge for them. this is their poster c

where is raj? there, a professor on the stanford campus today. a guest lecturer at the stanford graduate school of business. yes. raj speaks to the business school every quarter. he was joined by 49ers hall of famer ronnie lott. today's topic how businesses handle crisis management. they have been working with the professor, george foster since 2005. he gets the guest lecture. that's why he's not here today bit also on his way to arizona for the game with the padres tomorrow. >> i hear he's a real easy grader. everybody wants to be in his class. >>> coming up, still ahead at 5:00, the donald making headlines about the big decision he will make this summer. >> what the fda has done for the first time in and how years and it could change life for people suffer cfroniconic immune disease. cc1:cc1:cc1:cc1: >>> will the star of "the apprentice" be the candidate in 2012? it may soon be heard across the country. rumors of that possibility were confirmed this week when "the apprentice star" donald trump met with a luxury developer in new york. he said hi

>> you got it, raj. and joining me is jennifer scarlett, she's one of the co-presidents over at the spca. this is a fund-raiser for the spca. and i have to say, before we get to the interview, the most fun part, personally, is if we can show the pooch, i've also got my dog here. so it's pretty fun to get to go around, have a lovely dinner, a little bit of whine, and the pooch gets to enjoy it as well. this is ftruman, he's from germn shepherd rescue. but tell me why we're all here? >> we're raising money for the cinderella fund, which helps support extraordinary medical share for our injured and sick shelter animals here in san francisco. >> very nice. and how much do we hope to raise tonight? >> we're hoping to raise about $100,000 tonight. >> reporter: in one night. and so far, this has been going on since 1987, you've raised more than $1 million, is that right? >> we've raised a little bit more than $1 million doing this. >> reporter: okay. so we're going to bark and whine around here and let you guys

i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. in solidarity with wisconsin labor leaders, south bay unions are in force in downtown san jose. hundreds of people still gathering at this hour outside the martin luther king library. they're calling for the standoff in wisconsin, as an attack on the middle class. and while wisconsin's governor maintains collective bargaining among other union strengths, he's crippling the state. south bay union members say workers are not the problem, and they shouldn't be made the scapegoats. >> he forgot to tell that to wall street. so, no, it's not a mistake. we have gone out there and collectively bargained fairly. someone had to sign that, okay. so it was negotiated and collected and fairly done. >> now, the san jose gathering comes on the heels of major concessions made by one of the city's biggest unions, firefighters. nbc bay area's damian trujillo is live at san jose city hall, where the fire union said it just made an unprecedented contract extension to save jobs, and they say, ultimately,

>> tom: raj rajaratnam has his day in court, as the galleon group insider trading case gets underway in new york. >> susie: so, were the tips illegal, or just good research? it's a question at the heart of wall street's $2 trillion hedge fund industry. you're watching "nightly business report" for tuesday, march 8. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by:

the century-old valencia the raj -- garage provide some relief by alleviating some street parking. nonetheless, it is my 30-plus your observation that it is virtually impossible to park anywhere near the valencia garage after 6:00, and you are lucky to find a spot during the day. further -- never mind. skip that. time limit. city proclamation recognizing the value of the valencia garage, the city and county of san francisco issued a proclamation long before this became an issue, stating in part -- here is the proclamation. valencia auto service has provided parking spaces for more than 40 automobiles, thus relieving parking congestion in the neighborhood. that was at a time when the middle layer was a repair shop, so there was parking on the third level and parking on the first level, but there was no parking on the second. we now have 58 parking spaces. on two occasions in the past two years, when i parked at the valencia, i witnessed to the wheeler drivers to happen to be blocking my driveway, and asked the attendant if there were available monthly parking spaces. they were told

>> reporter: that's right, raj. we did hear that.d have a call of victory about 10 minutes ago. they said that they had a negotiating team meeting with the chancellor, and he said that he would meet with the students up above. that was in the making. if you're getting some information there that that happened, there's information out here to confirm that. >> okay. very good. cheryl hurd live from the uc berkeley campus. that would be some significant progress here, if the chance lor would agree to meet with the students if they leave that fourth story ledge. we will continue with this story throughout the night and have a complete update at 11:00 tonight. >>> let's switch gears and talk about the rest of the week. jeff. >> we have a break here of some clearing coming our way. a look here towards the east bay towards san francisco and some clearing weather. clearly here the bay area is on defrost here from saturday when temperatures were in the 40s to 50s and mid-60s that occurred today even including san jose. we're also following fo

6:00. >> all, fine, good, seeing raj.oala, a mama and her baby. she made her debut today. the zoo's first baby koala, in ten years. look at the face. born last july. only left mommy's pouch about a month ago. and will stay riding on mommy's back like that, six months. we keep calling her she, she doesn't have a name yet. the zoo is auctioning off naming rights to earn money for the zoo. a technique that earned interesting handles for the zoo animals. mommy koala is zachary, a little confusing. the auction is in april, if you have money. come up with a little better idea than zachary. she is so adorable. don't call her a bear. she is not a bear. a marsupial. okay. >> we have been schooled. schooled in koalas, let's get schooled in the seven day. >> sleep for 18 to 20 hours. >> you are all about co-wal lko. >> showers sunday. >> better not get the koala wet. >> i'm not. >> bye-bye.cc1: cc1:cc1:cc1:cc1:: g never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes throug

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. we begin with our storm watch. wild weather moving across the bay area. take a look if you haven't seen it or heard it already, thunder and lightning illuminating the sky. we caught this flash in san francisco. >> also the sight of a waterspout touching down off the coast. this rare occurrence for the bay area happened off ocean beach. and a heavy snowstorm in the sierra. great for skiing this weekend. spring skiing at that. but it's makinor f treacherous driving conditions. we'll tell you about the major road closures. >>> lots to share with you. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking the weather into the weekend. wee begin with our jean elle and spectacular video. something we don't see a lot in the city, jean. >> reporter: we've had it all, wind, rain, a lightning light show. the weather story tonight is all about seeing the unexpected. lightning strikes over the stormy pacific ocean giving weather watchers something more to talk about after a day of wild conditions. santiago corona drove to ocean beach in sa

>> reporter: raj, the creek is considered the jewel of oakland's diamond district. it's located just down the hill from where we're standing and tonight, that jewel has been tainted. just take a look at the signs that are up all over this area. they read, danger, raw sewage, avoid contact. this after city officials say vandals did some real dirty work. >> i love saucele creek. i think it is wonderful that we have urban creek running right through the sent over oakland. >> reporter: but this natural setting is is blast weird warning signs tonight, after a massive sewer spill dumped 351,000 gallons of human sewage into saucele creek, leaving neighbors and creek lovers on edge. >> it's harmful for the fish and other wildlife and insect life that's in the creek. >> reporter: oakland public works officials say when they arrived to the scene last wednesday afternoon, water was gushing from a sewage pipe manhole. turns out someone had thrown rocks down that manhole, backing the system up. the city calls it an act of sabotage. >> you've seen the area. you understand what it

that was the warm weather, raj. this was the warmest weather in about 5 1/2 months for the bay area as temperatures averaged into the 80s for most of us. in fact, a neat little factoid here, san francisco usually never even averages in the 80s throughout the entire year. so this is a rare treat in the bay area. all right. let's get a look at some of these extremes we've had throughout 2011. there have been a lot of them. only six days of rain in january. we started off really dry. then february came, and we had sea-level snowflakes. then the past couple weeks we had three tornadoes in california, hail and of course the flash flooding in capitola. and here's some good news. those extremes that produced 10 to 15 feet across the sierra in terms of snowfall, it is now ended the drought. it is done at this point. the snow pack at the northern levels, 174% of average. so some good news coming out of these extremes. while we still continue to deal with that flooding cleanup in the south bay. 66 in sunnyvale. 64 livermore.

. >> and i'm raj mathai. this video just this tonight proving just how wild today's weather has been. the scene in capitola. a river flowing through the town. dramatic images here. businesses and residents evacuated. an underground storm drain failed late this afternoon and caused this. flooded the neighborhood and portions of capitola village. it's been raining for 19 of the past 24 days but today the most severe. our attempt reporters capturing some amazing pictures. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is track more rain that's headed our way. cheryl hurd is in the east bay where the cleanup continues after some significant flooding but we begin where the storm did the most damage in the south bay, causing major problems in the valley and the hills. nbc bay's elise kirchner joining us now with the aftermath of that dramatic video and that dramatic scene. elise? >> reporter: absolutely dramatic. people that i spoke to said they've never seen anything like it. one minute it was rain. the next a gush of water her

. >> and i'm raj mathai. he's one of the fortunate 57, suspected criminals free to go. sfpd unlocking the jail cells and letting them walk. this comes in the wake of a growing scandal alleging officer misconduct. 36 cases were dropped today, totaling 57 cases, which have now been thrown out. and keep in mind just last year hundreds of other cases were also thrown out because of a drug lab zmanld san francisco as well. nbc bay area's jean elle tracking this story. it seems like the only people benefiting here are the ones getting the free pass out of jail. >> reporter: well, raj, the sheriff's department says it go: word around 2:00 this afternoon that as many as 36 inmates would be released due to this police scandal. and those inmates are starting to trickle out this door here at the jail. we just talked with an inmate named anthony marshall. he was just released. he says an undercover unit set him up on a bogus robbery charge. he says he's relieved to be out jail.1: but police commissioners are concerned. they are concerned that angerous criminals are beingcc: release

>> reporter: well, raj, criminals pass through every community in tiburon. cameras take pictures of every vehicle's license plate and it turns out those pictures can help lead police to criminal suspects, fast. the views from tiberon are spectacular. drive to this picture-perfect town and the police department will snap your picture. cameras record every license plate coming and going on tiberon's two access roads. >> we've, so far, been able to solve you know three crimes in a month, a month and a half. >> reporter: the police chief it is the controversial $150,000 system is paying off. pinpoint the time of recent burglary, they were able use it the database to identify possible suspect cars. >> we looked at a time immediately following the occurrence. we got some license plates. we checked register information. found somebody who sounded like -- matched the description. turned out, it was. >> just last week the department linked the system to the state's stolen car database. first match wednesday and alerted police. >> reads it and checks it against the da

raj, as you said, japan is accepting international help. you can make a donation of money, which japan is happy to accept. but also bear in mind that you choose a charity that is a reputable charity so it gets into the hands of people who need it most. chris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a follow-up now to a story we first told you about last night a south bay family relieved beyond words tonight after finally hearing from their daughter caught in the middle of that earth cake. canon went to visit a school she once taught hours before the quake hurt. damian trujillo was with this family this morning hours after ann curry made the connection. >> reporter: the phone call came in just before midnight. >> do you have my sister? >> reporter: i have your sister. >> oh, my gosh. it's her. she's on the phone. >> hi. >> are you okay? >> yeah, i'm totally okay. i'm absolutely -- i've been fine the whole time. >> reporter: megan walsh earlier tweeted curry to help find her sister. they hadn't heard from her since the quake. she was at

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. minutes away from a vigil marking six months since the explosion took the lives of eight. >> tonight a new look at what witnesses saw and heard on the tragic september evening six months ago. ntsb releasing this home video looking east down earl avenue towards the spot where a gas pipeline ruptured. like a volcano spewing hot gas and fire. >> 38 homes reduced to rubble that day. the blast enough to blow a 28-foot section of the pipeline 100 feet away. leave a crater that is longer than the bay bridge is wide. the neighborhood, so different than it was that day. >> let's bring in damian trujillo at the vigil. dami damian, i know at some point. this was a tight-knit community. is it still that way or ripped apart emotionally? >> well people have actually moved out. others have moved in, raj. it still remains kind of close knit. the community is beginning to gather right now behind me. vigil at 6:12 this evening. six months to the hour of the deadly blast. here is about 100 people, actua

we are concerned that closing the raj will be just another hit to the business and cause us to have to cut back our staff and/or -- and our days of operation. we currently are open seven nights a week and employ 19 people, but it business falters, we see easily eliminating three or four positions and closing two days a week. these positions are long-term, and it would be a shame to eliminate them as well as losing two days that we currently come a tax revenue for the city and state. those sentiments are echoed by the other six restaurants. all of these within half a block. >> good afternoon. i lived at 29 russell street, which you have heard about, and home that has been in my family since 1967. my brief comments today have to do with the proposed project's impact on russell street. the project has been designed from a height st vantage point exclusively and is completely insensitive to the fragile fabric of russell street. the project -- the proposed project, 7-foot top story addition, lack of set back makes the already already -- already gigantic massing of the building out of charac

at the same time, a jury wants to hear fromerage a raj a. he h obligation to talk, but the jury will have questions if they never hear anything from him. you'll want to prepare. it's a hard call. >> susie: we'll see what's going to happen pretty soon. thanks steven for coming otd program. >> we've been speaking with steven feldman, a white collar criminal defense here at herrick feinstein. >> tom: despite higher oil prices we told you about earlier, we did see stock buys come back. for the past five sessions we've been hayer. take a look. >> tom: after a weak morning, the major stock indices were able to crawl into positive territory, ending with some fractional gains. the material sector led the market, and alcoa was among the top performers today with this 3% gain. it led the dow industrials too. tonight's close brings alcoa's price to within less than a dollar of a new high. gold miner newmont popped just over 3%. this is the past 90 sessions. hitting this low just a week it's been trending lower, hitting this low just a week ago. shares

i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. want to get you right to this new round of wicked weather moving into the bay area. marianne favro joins us live with more fear that rain there trigger mud slideses in areas already ravaged by the storm. >> but first, jeff ranieri tracking this next big storm. it's one after the other. >> while the latest round didn't bring a whole lot in the way of rainfall, we did see winds gusting up to 40 miles per hour. and it's all of this rain, one storm ststems that's reallyor te helpin to keep this ground saturated. redwood city topping out with over an inch in the past 46 hours. two storms in two days. the first one arriving this morning and the second one is offshore. however, i want to bring your attention to this isolated rain we're still finding ourselves with. it's this break in between storms. heavier pockets of rainfall across the peninsula throughout south san francisco. also into san bruno. but the next storm is stronger than what we had this morning. and we're talking about some po

raj continues his coverage from spring training. back with a preview of the world champions. >>> and of course the latest on the impact of the earthquake in japall [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted, they were thrilled. she's a natural vibrato. oh. we started saving for this music camp in vermont. so i told them about some of the wells fargo online savings tools like my savings plan, which helps them set up and monitor a savings goal. until we found out that maybe her teacher uses certain terms a little bit loosely. rebecca is clearly very gifted. [ banker ] we decided to roll that money into ashley's college account. turns out there's seven gifted kids in ashley's class of nine. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when it's time to save. ♪ >>> the earthquake sent powerful waves heading 5,000 miles across the pacific. the surge arrived on our coast this morning and of course headed under the golden gate bridge, as well. this is what it looked like. no damage or injuries reported ifrns the b

and as raj mentioned at the top, we got this tip vittia a viewer. if you have any tips, please send them to news tips at nbc bay area.com. we're live in mountain view. i'm damian trujillo. >> nice job there on the edge of those cliffs. tonight now the probts in san pablo. they're getting ready for a meeting between city leaders and residents about the landslide there which ripped back yards and back porches away from several holmes. heavy raines from the recent storms made the soil unstable. and sent it slipping downhill. now, previously, a couple days ago on sunday, the city proclaimed a local emergency which is the first step in getting state and federal money to help with the repairs. this meeting now tonight begins in less than an hour. residents will be brought up to date on everts to stabilize that area. >>> new tonight at 5:00, a retired engineer from the lawrence livermore laboratory says his solano county neighborhood has the potential for an even more disastrous pipeline explosion than the one that happened in san bruno last year. he was s

>> reporter: absolutely, raj. this rain coming down right now is exactly what neighbors and county officials don't want to see. tonight their keeping an eye on an major rock slide that could slide more if this rain continues. >> this is not an easy situation for even the professionals. >> you're telling me. >> it's a little frustrating. i understand that. >> reporter: santa cruz county civil engineers and geologists are evaluating this huge rock side on nelson road north of scotts valley. they say it's too unstable at the top of the slide on to remove the rocks and mud below. with the flash flood watch and nonstop rain falling this week, any say things could get pretty bad. >> it can make it worse, definitely. we have to keep an eye on this situation, and it might delay our start of fixing this site. >> reporter: neighbors near the rockslide realizes their one main road in and out may be blocked for quite a while. logic and nancy tasker are getting prepared for the long haul. >> we're not used to a slide of this m

good evening, i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. a day of action at uc h-berkele. >> college students protesting across the bay area, but at berkeley it's not over. it's happening as we speak. a vocal and somewhat forceful group of protesters upset over budget cuts. our cheryl hurd joining us from campus live at the scene with the very latest. cheryl. >> reporter: that day of action taking place all day long here at uc-berkeley campus and ending here at wheeler hall tonight. at about 10:00 tonight, police telling protesters inside the j to vacate the building. about a dozen people stayed behind. several people did leave. but as you can see, one by one, they were arrested. some of them chanting, "no cuts, no fees." others chanting, "we are doing this for your kids." one student telling me tonight why they are here. >> they can raise fees 32% every time an economic crisis happens. those happen every eight years. what's going to happen to our children? that's what this is about. >> reporter: an interesting sidenote to tonight's protest

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. new tonight at 11:00, a family's farewell marred by greed and deception. police are searching for a thief who walked into an east bay church and stole a backpack containing a man's ashes. the theft jt as the widow was preparing for her husband's memorial service. kimberly is live in alameda. kimberly, it happened in seconds. >> reporter: that's right. it's a strange case. police say one walked into this church saturday afternoon and took the remains, leaving the family with mixed emotions. tonight they tell us there is sadness, terror and even some humor to be found in this. >> it's like he's been, you know, kidnapped. that's a little strong. it is kind of like that. abducted. >> reporter: marvin's family is hoping to recover his ashes after they were stolen saturday as a reception for his funeral was being set up inside the christ episcopal church. >> it's a huge violation of a sacred space. i feel that is a very sad thing to happen. >> reporter: the ashes were in three urns inside a

. >> that's right, raj. you know, the experts saying should some sort of radiation cloud form, we heard from them tonight, we are not under any sort of radiation risk at this point, because that radiation would just have too far to go to the u.s. across the pacific in order for it to hold up. of course, that is at this point. meanwhile, this 9.0 earthquake that occurred on friday. it has produced hundreds of aftershocks. just in the past 48 hours alone, i've counted this up, 68 aftershocks at 5.0 and greater. the largest one coming yesterday at a 6.2 when our own george kiriyama, who's over there right now, was actually on the phone, on the air. we do have that at nbcbayarea.com if you want to hear that report. meanwhile, today, the largest aftershock was a 6.1. and 26 of those happening today. back here at home, we do have some rainfall to follow. not a big storm system, but the roadways have very slick from the north bay down to the south bay. not too much happening across the bay area at the current point

>> about the individual companies, jessica and raj. there's been a lot of speculation about just how much the tech industry would be affected by what's going on in japan. we got a glimpse this evening when adobe systems reported an otherwise strong earning report, but then surprised investors by admitting that sales are slipping because of the disaster in japan. and the future looks a bit cloudy as well. we will watch other companies' earning reports for more of this type of concern. let's go to apple now, where ceo steve jobs is asking for a little patience. jobs released a statement today admitting the company cannot make the ipad 2 fast enough to satisfy initial demand. he says eventually the company will catch up. >>> apple's app store, meanwhile, getting some pressure. amazon.com today getting its own app store and then getting sued by apple over the term "appstore." the first app offered by amazon, angry birds. which brings us to our next story, the power of angry birds. this game is amazing, admit it. you're playing and so are y

. >> and i'm raj. there was an extension of taxes that got the endorsement from one of the bay area business groups. garvin thomas has been following the developments. it's a different jerry brown. he sent a tweet out about this big news. >> it is pretty big news and big when you consider the deficit in sacramento is $26 billion. the governor's fix for the problem is a budget that includes cuts as well as the extension for up to five years of income sales and vehicle taxes that were supposed to be temporary. that idea doesn't normally sit well with business groups, such as the bay area council. this afternoon in san francisco, the governor met with the executive committee of the group to pitch his plan. and when all was said and done, they walked up to the mike and said they support his budget. of course, not everyone is on board. you remember just yesterday, uc berkeley students took to the roof to protest cuts to higher education. the governor says he has the same message for him as he delivered toda

raj rajaratnam conspired to get some legal tips about plans to invest in the government tax group.he denies the charges. his trial is expected to last at least two months. the christian dior fashion house has unveiled its latest collection in paris without its side -- star designer. he had been sacked by the company. >> taken to the catwalk, the latest luxury collection from christian dior. this display of glitz and glamour was overshadowed by the uproar surrounding john galliano. >> the fact that the name of christian dior has been linked to its designer is very painful. >> a british designer was fired by the dealer after allegedly making anti-semitic remarks in paris last month. he was shown telling to women in the cafe, i love hitler. he has apologized for its behavior, but french prosecutors say he will stand trial. a paris fashion week on friday, there was a notable absence. no doubt from john galliano at the end of the show. >> it kids better and better. -- it gets better and better. >> the show in paris was well attended. john galliano is now a man stripped of his christian

. >> christine, it is raj. they are controlling you. [inaudible] i am on your side. i am on your side. [beep] >> message saved. >> it appears to me that the gentleman needs to be held accountable. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. mr. crump, c-r-u-m-p. the only issue that i want to raise -- last week, i mentioned at the public safety meeting -- actually, in light of the room rage at the hotel -- so i was not going to speak any more about that issue. the second thing is that i noticed, when i go to the sfpd web site, in the archive section, 2007 and 2009 is inaccessible to public view, and i am kind of curious as to why that is the case, and i wanted to address that to your attention. so another thing, too, in reference to ms. harris' testimony, i, too, listened to that very testimony, and it would be nice if you guys were attentive without speaking in the background. i wanted to get your attention. yes, i have been eight witness at some of these -- i have been a witness. i do not know what was up with this guy, whether he was disease, mentally insane, but he

. >> raj is going to trial and will go to jail for decades if he is convicted.body underneath him turned u)s& testify against him. he has a difficult case. >> the government has another big name on thisa/;u;?q9d[÷úc>=h executive of goldman sachs. his testimony will establish the responsibilities of a former director accused of passing on tips to him. henry blodgett expressed surprise to see so many members caught up in the scandal. >> i am certainly shocked by the fact that a gold and board member has been accused of doing what he has been accused of doing, which is taking up and calling a hedge fund. that is a blatant violation of everything the firm stands for. a junior trainee would understand how horrifying that is and this is someone who has been in business for 40 years. >> jurors inside court will hear how he went about his business. it ultimately decide if he is a poster board for wall street misdeeds and whether the government's efforts to crack down on insider trading are working. >> let's bring you a reminder of the headlines. the libyan leader colone

. >> i'm raj mathai. at 11:00, they were expecting a night filled with bitterness, hostility and maybe even hatred, but what they got was the exact opposite. the controversial west borough baptist church that spreads anti-gay and anti-semitic beliefs was scheduled to protest outside a high school tonight. the church group never showed up but plenty of others did which became an unexpected melting pot. all of this over a high school play about a gay teen whose killing sparked a national debate. we're joined by elise kearschner who picks up the story from gunderson high school in san jose. >> reporter: certainly compelling. none of the protesters from that controversial church showed up. needless to say, on the last night of the play here, it sold out. >> everyone started, like, putting it on facebook. and it just became a really big deal. ♪ because you're amazing >> reporter: long before the curtains opened, the mooumt to protest opponents grew. when you decided to bring the play here, did you think it wou

raj mathai has the rejection. >> it's been a compelling story. a little church in kansas making big news. the westbrough baptist church doesn't have much of a conversation. it's led by fred phelps and the church members are mostly his relatives. here's the back story. the father of a marine killed in iraq sued the small church after they protested at his son's tuition funeral. he won a $5 million judgment, but the verdict was not only thrown out after an appeal, the father was then ordered to pay the church's legal fees. he then appealed to the supreme court, which then ruled against him. >> 20 years into this, you want to keep blabbering about being unkind, we are trying to warn you to flee the wrath of god. >> that is the church's reaction. it should be noted this church is not endorsed or backed up by the national baptist church. they plan to continue to protest now at funerals. the supreme court vote was 8-1 with justice alito is lone decenter. he called the ruling an insult to every veteran who's served this country. >> thank you. >>> fbi ag

for tonight, south bay, yes, we heard raj mention it earlier.at temperature in the mid 50s right in san francisco. of course, the game is not here. it is in arizona and we're looking at some stellar weather here, too. 70 to 75 degrees. winds southwest, 5 to 15. look at that humidity. it will be extremely dry out there. only 15%. the weather probably couldn't be better for baseball. that's why they have it out there. let's get a look at the numbers tomorrow. we'll see thing gradually start to warm one some low 60s, getting out of the 50s for a lot of us. and once we get over that hump, a slight chance of a shower in the morning. the sun will be coming out gradually as we head through the day. by far as my seven-day forecast comes up, the best day of the week will be as we head into wednesday. yes, temperatures could be close to 70 degrees and mostly sunny. and then because, you know, i am your personal calendar as i've mentionedle time, i don't mind doing it, early sunday morning, the clocks go forward. spring forward. don't forget ittism forgot

>> and i'm raj mathai. >>> a mentally ill man is dead and shot and killed by peninsula police. right now police are searching for answers regarding the many questions surrounding what led to the shooting. it happened in a usually quiet neighborhood in san matteo. here's the map in the burrell neighborhood on oak street not far from el camino and the 92 interchange. the victim's mother tells her that her schizophrenic son became agitated after a trip to the pharmacy for her medication. the police were called in, and the man is now dead. nbc bay area's jean ellie is at the news conference and will join news a little while as the police chief is answering questions giving us a description of what happened in san mateo late this morning. >> an alameda county sheriff's deputy is searching for a 15-year-old boy who may be armed and suicidal. look at a photo of the boy. he goes by the nickname taka. authorities tell us the teen disappeared sunday morning after he sent his girlfriend some text messages saying that he wanted to take his own life. now he may be armed with his father's ha

. >> the head guy, raj, could go to jail for decades if he is convicted. everybody underneath him that turns states evidence and will testify against him. he has a very difficult case. >> and the government has another big name on their witness list, the chief executive of goldman sachs. his testimony will establish the responsibilities of a former director acudesed of passing on tips. a former wall street analyst expressed surprise to see so many members of wall street's elite caught up in the scandal. >> i am certainly shocked by the fact that a goldman board member has been acudesed of picking up the phones second after a board call and calling a hedge fund. that is a blatant violation of everything the firm stands for. a junior trainee would understand how horrifying it is. >> over the next eight weeks or so jurors will hear how he went about his business. and with the government's attempts to crackdown on insider trading are working. >> dozens of people were rounded up in a major police operation against one of italy's organized crime groups, now cons

raj rajaratnam, the accused founder of the galleon group hedge fund, was heard getting the scoop on possible purchases by goldman. his conversation was with a former goldman sachs director. now, rajaratnam denies any wrongdoing. he's charged with 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. still ahead tonight-- why focusing on boosting productivity at the nation's colleges could help the american workforce. more now on japan, the markets, and fed. joining us-- diane swonk, chief economist at mesirow financial; and mike holland of holland and company. hi, diane, hi, mike. nice to have you with us. >> hi, susie. >> good to be here. >> susie: diane, let me begin with you. what's your take on japan. even though we don't have the acknowledge on the scope. do you think it will have an impact on the global economic recovery? >> there no question it will have an impact. the reaction to natural gas disasters always tends to be heavier. japan is not haiti. we'll see rebuild -- an interruption in economic activity, and some of the interruptions will be filled, like exports to china, by places to euro

maybe partially it is chemical and partially it is radiation then raj these effects are why the u.s. army recommends strong protective measures for their troops even though the film ends up minimizing the hazards of depleted uranium remember depleted uranium is not an immediate hazard. bottom line unless you're involved in a detonation or fire with depleted uranium as huge are relatively small. some units of the new york national guard were called up and sent to iraq after the invasion of two thousand and three gerard matthew went there with his unit their job was to a scorched convoys. on the very much you came home after the war and he started having headaches for kids he's easily irritated by the slightest thing the kids may do he's changed a lot like you let me tell you something you've never had a headache that you have six seven headaches a day and if you translate almost fifty six. i mean it's really debilitating in the heavy foot you have so yes they're they're short spaced but they come and go. oh in another thing i get it bumps and skin. really here. ok here's a letter from

denied him a jury trial and unfairly ruined his reputation when they charged him in connection with the raj rajaratnam insider trading case. gupta is accused of telling rajaratnam about goldman earnings and the $5 billion berkshire hathaway investment. gupta, who's also the former head of mckinsey denies all allegations of wrongdoing. >> tom: meantime, i.b.m. will pay the s.e.c. $10 million to settle bribery charges. i.b.m. was accused of giving cash to south korean and chinese government officials for more than a decade to get computer contracts. regulators say the payments, including trips and meals, broke federal law. i.b.m. did not admit or deny guilt. the settlement must still be okayed by a federal court judge. >> susie: here's a dilemma for the job market: not enough job openings, and where there is an opening, often there aren't enough highly skilled workers to fill the job. to get around that problem some companies are following a centuries-old tradition: apprenticeships. anna olson takes us to northrop grumman's apprentice school for shipbuilding. >> reporter: kimberly jarvis is l

raj mathai has more on stories making headlines. >> another bizarre day with moammar gadhafi. in an interview with the british television, the bbc, he remained defiant and in denial. now, the united states and european alleies have intensifid efforts to isolate can daf. today, he insisted his people support him and that there have be no protests. moving naval and air forces closer to libya. the administration says only that all options are on the table. simultaneously, the u.s. treasury department announced that it has frozen assets, at least $30 billion of assets, for libya, the largest amount ever frozen by a u.s. sanctions order. back here in the united states, seeking to appease disgruntled governors, president obama announcing today that he supports amending the 2010 health care law. he will allow states to opt out of some requirements three years earlier than now permitted with a nod to wisconsin, he also took the opportunity to defend unions. he said the rights of public employees should not be infringed upon. >>> the nation's last remaining veteran of world war i has d

. >> raj mathai has that and other stories making news across the tri and around the world. >> he waspered with questions from lawmakers, how high will these prices go. ben bernanke taking center stage today and he did have some answers. he says for now, there's no significant risk. bernanke predicts the most likely impact of costly gas will be a temporary increase in prices. he adds that he will not see a decrease or increase in unemployment. >>> in libya today, moammar gadhafi continues to lose grip on his country. these are gadhafi based forces. some call today's fighting the bloodiest yet. the fighting intensified against the backdrop of international maneuvering as the u.s. and other nations really stepping up efforts to really isolate gadhafi. robert gates has ordered two ships into the mediterranean and is deploys extra marines into the region. >> no decisions have been made on any other actions. i would note that the u.n. security counsel resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. >> and the rhetoric continues to come from the gadhafi family. today, his s