but this time the bill has the support of a california grocers association, the california retailers association and environmental groups. >> we were talking about how many trees fell yesterday, so at this point everyone is waiting for the winds to die down. >> they will get their wish. >> it will be slower today and tomorrow as we head town the weekend. i will still be full of pollen with high amounts of tree and moderate grass and ragweed we will have a last. it will be high. we have a few showers. it will be cloudy and 41 at tahoe and 70 in sacramento and fresno where the fastest winds are. the winds are clear great monterey and no need to worry about rain headed to the south at 60 in san diego and 67 in los angeles and 78 in palm springs. safe travels. how is the local commute? >> as we take a look outside through san jose coming along 280 northbound the headlights headed away from 17, a couple of cars out there are not causing any congestion. we have construction in san francisco. the transition road from southbound 101 to eastbound 80 will be shut down until 6 a.m. and we are starting to s

up but here's the worst part of the story according to sunlight foundation the agricultural retailers association and the fertilizer institute lobbying groups they represent companies like west fertilizer have spent two point nine million dollars and fourteen point four million dollars respectively over the past fifteen years begging congress to gut fertilizer factory regulations the disaster in texas should be a wake up call to all of us of the importance of effective regulation the dangers of corporate governance well everyone except austin peterson director of production of freedom works and editor of the libertarian republic dot austin welcome back thanks for having me take a look at this clip. it seems to me that this is the problem with your libertarian philosophy that when disasters happen then we react rather than preventing the disasters in the first place it's tough to say i mean you don't always have too much prior restraint on people tom you want to let people be able to go out into the marketplace and take risks for two hundred years or six of the problem is we're living in your worl

plant in west texas the little town of west in texas what do know is that the agricultural retailers association spent two point nine million dollars lobbying the fertilizer socio fourteen forty four million dollars lobbying for less regulation and yet there are so few regulators in the state of texas for a little eyes are open is that they are on average being inspected once every sixty seven years this company had which by the way is better than the inspections of that abortion clinic for dr gosnell so that you get into that so that's a genuine honor and we can agree on that but this is not about that you know maybe it should be the case or das on our side so i'll cross the both ok so you are saying we should have more big government inspecting medical clinics is well i'll agree with you that medical clinics absolutely that's of it that's basic i don't know about the fertilizer industry at we first of all big deal is politics yeah you know i was here with your mother know a lot about a lot of our allies that are being around we make it first we don't know what happened i mean it we don't know

retail under construction now. many of the commercial spaces will be located on prominent corner lots. the neighborhood association had as well as the department was that these new retail spaces would be filled up by retail. and what the appropriate concentration is. this new policy would address both of these issues by sending a clear methodology. also one of the added benefits of the propose to other neighborhoods should it be successful here. on the overhead i have an example of how to policy would work. so the green lot is the subject lot and it currently contains a pete's coffee and eye glass store. what the store policy would do is create a 300 foot buffer along the property and every property within that 300 buffer, would be included in the calculation. for example with the subject site it has 50 feet of frontage and 2 store fronts. to simplify the measuring process we would just take 50 feet and divide by 2. divide each parcel into formula retail store -- frontage and come to a concentration. if it exceeded 20 percent, staff would recommend disapproval. so, i do have 1 collection to policy and one just gen

the china gold association reporting that retail sales tripled. that is also gaining ground. keep your eye on copper. we are right around a key technical level. and we'll see whether or not copper is able to hang on to some strength. >> once in a generational move on gold in a couple of days. thank you both. it's actually quite quiet today. >> that's a good thing. quiter in the commodity markets, you want to see that? copper after a 52 week low? you don't want to see it dropping more. stock market very similar situation. take a look at the dow jones industrial average. not nearly as great today. i think it was due to walmart. materials have been hit badly this week. stable. financials back just a little bit this week. and finally one thing i find interest i interesting the vix is not dropping today. >> we saw interest rates dip once again today. we have the tenure at about 1.69%. a lot of that had to do with data and continued jitters about whether or not the volatility is evidence from the vix will continue to move the market. we did have such a

i've spoken with the minnesota retailers association, the metro independent business alliance, in addition to retable, i have a heard from -- retable, i hav red from many across our government, all who understand what that revenue they're missing can do for our communities. the marketplace fairness act is bipartisan and it is a commonsense bill. and i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. thank you, mr. president. and i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator missouri. a senator: i would like to speak as if i was in morning business. some of my remarks will not relate to the business at hand. the presiding officer: without objection. nor senator thank you. i do want to talk about the bill that's on the floor. i agree with mr. franken. this is a bill that has bipartisan support. we saw in the budget debate just how broad and how bipartisan that support was. mr. blunt: it is the right thing to do. it is the fair thing to do. it's the thing where government no longer decides that one business not located in your community that provides the

associations especially with regard to parking. i am a regular cyclist as well as a business owner in the dogpatch, as well as a retailer so i kind of feel like i wear all the has and i did feel that the proposals on the table -- there was no sense of compromise. it seemed quite one-sided to meet. i think that, i recommend that your merchants association is a very effective one. i am a member of the prairie hole dogpatch association , and all investors should know that merchants associations can be a very effective lobbing vehicles and what you guys are doing on your behalf is very important to show other merchant associations how they can voice the concerns , of this constituency small business owners, retailers, pdr businesses in whatever district they are in .keep up the good work and soldier on. i think it is a very good suggestion that there be some representation on the mta board for small business, whether it takes the form of a formal board seat or whether there is just a formal notification process but i think it is very clear that there is a communication challenge which is at the root of most disagreements it turns out in

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retailing. interesting. >> if you're having trouble meeting your mortgage help is on the way. tomorrow, the nonprofit neighborhood association corporation of america known as naca brings it's mortgage relief program back to the bay area. you'll get free help in dealing with your lender, many have been able to lower payments by average of $500 to $1,000 a month. the event scheduled for tomorrow through tuesday from 8:00 to 6:00 at marriott on 4th street in san francisco. >> perhaps you or someone you know can be helped by that. let's talk about the weather. rain moved on. >> that is right. >> we have a couple sprinkles left as you can see. they're confined to the north bay. but we'll see the pattern continuing tonight as pockets of moisture move in and push across higher terrain near parts of sonoma and mendocino counties. on we go to tomorrow's conditions remain wet around eureka. it will be dry and sunny in the southern part of the state. we'll see cloudy skies tomorrow, breaks of sun, just a slight chance of showers highs will be into mid to upper 60s. here is the accu-weather forecast. we'll be drying out for much of the

the old time law book here is the reason that a retailer if a clerk sells to a minor they get a ticket and it is issued a ticket and a fine that is associated with it and it is for code 308 and a violation of a law that you cannot provide tobacco to a person under 18 years of age. and this is a new law? no. you see this book, it is actually from 1906. so the code, 308 you cannot provide tobacco to a minor, and it has been on the books i think from maybe the 1880s or something, but it was in the 1906 version for your interest. there are a lot of laws that have taken effect since then that reinforce the idea that it is illegal to sell to minors. so, these slides, i cannot necessarily read, but, many members of our comment can, the reason that we put these on is that we understand that many people who work in retail establishments and perhaps even own them may not be familiar with the 108-plus law in the state of california. and so we do education, from the department of public health in four languages. we sent out in arabic chinese and spanish and english and i will talk about education next. retailers know this law and well informed that it

retailers in the u.s. that are driving prices down, driving delivery time pressures down, driving pressure on these factories that lead them to cut costs, lead them to cut corners. >> reporter: in bangladesh, the association representing the manufacturers said the five factories ignored its warning not to open, after the cracks in the building were found. just five months ago, a fire in another garment factory killed 112 people. then brought widespread pledges to improve safety standards. but little seems to have changed. one government minister saying today this wasn't so much an accident, it was murder. ian williams, nbc news, bangkok. >>> here in washington, the faa said today the furloughs of air traffic controllers have been suspended and air traffic will be back to normal by tomorrow night. furloughs were part of a que sequester and caused widespread delays for travelers this week. kristen welker is at white house with more on how congress engineered a quick fix to the delays. kristen. >> reporter: this entire process shows how quickly congress can act when it really wants to. it took just two days for lawmakers to pass legislation authorizing the faa to use other money in its budget, to end the fur

retailers. the bill hurts consumers and small are online businesses but the next guest disagrees, dan crippen, executive director of the national governors' associatione we start treating the internet as an interval part of the economy and we have the interval parts of the economy. >> this is long overdue. supreme court decision was 1992 and had as its basis catalog mail-order sales. we have come a long way in 25 years. the internet is only a piece of that. very easy to calculate what ever these taxes are and easily transmitted to single points in the state. beckoning back as you were in market reaction to the 60s, this is going back to the 90s and it is not nearly what they say it is. tracy: is the marketplace fairness act. you say is easy to calculate the tax how? based on where i live? i will pay my own state tax? >> where you live exactly right. very similar to when you by the internet now and put in your zip code and give you back within a millisecond's several freight options down to the penny. no word difficult. tracy: 45 states have sales tax. low way to say so is a lot of governors are on board including mine in new jersey. a lot of companie

businesses that senator merkley and i represent, the oregon association of nurserymen, this bill is going to add substantial costs to oregon retailers and make it more difficult for them to compete with lower-quality sellers in other parts of the country. so here's a letter, and i'll quote from it, mr. president, from the oregon nurserymen. the growers and sellers of plants and trees and they're a pretty owe 2eu7 cal -- prototypical small business. it's my view this legislation would forced small businesses to spend precious time generating endless sales reports for government instead of tending to customers, selling plants and trees and created traded sector jobs. oregon growers are far away from their markets and we need to look to knock down barriers to sales of our green goods. fewer than five people at these firms, mr. president. and what they're saying -- and here's another quote from the small businesses -- "let's call this bill what it is -- a transaction tax. as the legislation stands today, the bill will impact the marketplace to the detriment of the small business and their ability to conduct commerce. congress taxes thin

retailer. after releasing results that showed the first profit drop in 20 years, it is pulling out of the u.s. market and will take a charge associated with that. they tried to do a fast and easy trade but they say they can't see visibility on when that would become profitable. they are exiting the business. tesco shares taking it on the chin. a different story for burberry group. they said that asian sales were good and that men's wear was good in the fourth quarter. a different story than what we heard the other day. this indicates that chinese consumer is liking the kind of burberry products that aren't logo in your face. shares double digit decline a year or so back when they warned about asian demand and now a better sign despite the renewed concern about china elsewhere in the press this morning. the bond space isn't necessarily sell-off. it has a rally in spain and italy. we have yields falling to 4.6. 4.2% respectively. italy will try to get a president selected. that's not doing much to calm jitters among investors. let's look at sterling. that has been under pressure after that weak data suggesting the bank of england may d

national association of realtors will report march existing home sales at 10:00 eastern time this morning. looking for a rise of 0.8%. the senate likely to vote today on a bill requiring internet retailersales tax on all sales. today's vote is whether to end the debate. >> john was sending out an e-mail to all ebay customers. it's pretty amazing. he's trying to mobilize them. >>> caterpillar out with its earnings. it looks like a miss. earnings per share 1.31. they were expecting 1.40. $13.2 billion in sales. street was expecting $13.7 billion. stock is one that has been under quite a bit of pressure. shares down seven and a half%. you might very well see some weaker than expected numbers and you might see cuts to the guidance as well. >> and a big sales cut too. i'm just going to read this here. they see fiscal year 2013 sales 57 to 61 billion. the previous had been 60 to 68. one wonders if much of this is china or how much of this is china. you know a lot of it is going to be the commodity crush we have been talking about. >> that was their earlier guidance. expectations on the street were for $16.7 billion. so they were above the high end of the new lower guidance. 62.7 is where the