riddell says in a statement "while disappointed in the jury's decision not to fully exonerate riddelletermined that riddell's helmet was not defective in any way." so the company plans to appeal. riddell faces similar lawsuits in los angeles as well, plus a complaint by thousands of former nfl players. >>> terrible trend now happening in southern california. this is really sad. more than 1,000 baby sea lions, they've been found starving to death on beaches from san diego to santa barbara. this is all happened in recent months. the people on the beach they're finding them wandering lost with their ribs protruding. animal rescuers have been called in, but often it's just too late. philippe cousteau is joining us from san francisco. first of all, tell us why is this happening. >> well, that's the scary part is we don't really know exactly why it's happening. this is absolutely unprecedented mortality rates of six sea lions showing up and certainly many dead sea lions as well. up to half the population of baby sea lions are believed to be suffering from malnutrition. far increase over las

and i think that's ultimately what riddell may have to decide in terms of their business.ant to settle this one thing now after judgment or take it all the way and see if they can win and stamp out this problem once and for all? >> does the fact that the equipment was not ruled defective does that give them i want to keep on fighting? >> this is merely a question of risk and assumption of risk. if you're a football player and it's the first time you hit the field and put on that helmet, you can probably say i've relied on the helmet and never done this before, but if you've played multiple seasons and know about football and getting tackled and know about the injuries and what a helmet can do, that argument may be a little weaker. >> lisa, what do you think this means for the larger nfl lawsuit? i'm a huge football fan and right now concussions in football are really all anyone's talking about right now. if they're being charged $3 million for not warning people they could get concussions in this high school case, will that have an effect on the nfl? >> absolutely. this is

. >>> a jury in colorado awarded nearly $12 million to settle a case against riddell. this boy was left partially paralyzed with so veer brain damage after a concussion during high school football practice in 2008. >>> former president george w. bush and wife laura have their first grandchild. a girl for jenna bush hager. margaret laura hager was born saturday night and will be known as mila. congratulations. >>> now for a look at what's moving your money. to cnbc's brian shactman. >> all that glitters is not gold. prices fell to a two-year low and investors are selling commodities worried the federal reserve and other global central banks will soon pull the plug on economic stimulus. it is a monday in the world of business. that often means mergers. ther thermo-fisher buying life technologies which makes genetic testing equipment for $13 billion and would be one of the biggest of 2013. general notes and ford are teaming up to work on more fuel efficient emissions and go into most of their new vehicles and both companies say they could save millions which could keep pr

riddell plans to appeal. >>> "42" is a big hit with moviegoers.taking in $27.3 million. that is the best opening ever for a baseball film. >> cannot wait. top of my list. >>> speaking of "42" major league baseball will honor jackie robinson today, this is the 66th anniversary of his debut with the brooklyn dodgers. every player on every single team will be wearing the number 42 on his uniform today even the umpires. 42 is the only number officially retired from baseball. >> i love that tribute. >> special when they do that. >>> so most young baseball fans fantasize about someday catching a home run or foul ball. >> like you. >> i've actually done it. it's gait. check out this family in oakland. the fan gives the ball to the kid which you're supposed to do. but the kid tosses the ball -- >> look at his arm. >> everyone a little upset about the whole thing. you can see the little kid crying after he realized he lost the ball. why did i do that, mom? >> the mom is like why did you do that? >> scouts all the over signing that kid up right now. but a f

bob riddel is live with more. >> reporter: past four years because of major league baseball's slow stigdecision-ma process and objections on behalf of the san francisco giants. this letter was sent out by the mayor yesterday, to commissioner bud selig, nrd to try to motivate him into action, moving this process forward. he has requested a one-on-one meeting with selig, making the argument that san jose is serious about and committed to bringing the a's south. and the mayor said he would like to avoid, quote, additional litigati litigation. councilman sam licardo, suing major league baseball over this four-year delay. selig requested he hold off putting the measure on the ballot, which he did. san francisco giants have objected to the a's moving to san jose, claiming territorial rights. lou wolf tells mercury news he's okay with reed's letter to selig and hopeful this gets resolved in his favor. selig has not yet seen this letter from mayor chuck reed. we have a call into mayor reed's office and hope to have him some time within the hour later this morning to get his response to this letter he sent

. >> bruce riddell said the reason the administration continues to use drones is obvious. it doesn't really have anything else. >> well, it certainly is true that you know, to send commandos into pakistan as we saw with the bin laden raid is not a real popular thing to do. drones may be unpopular in pakistan but the alternative was presumably be more so. and you know, i guess as rosa said certainly certainly there is a difference to the guy on the ground whether he's killed by a f-16 or by, you know, a bomber or by a drone but the threshold that the risk to the operator of the drone is obviously much less. they're sitting over thousands of miles away in the united states. so perhaps the threshold nor taking action to kill somebody in another country is somewhat lower than it would be with other forms of warfare. >> put this in the context of warfare overall. >> well, you have a revolutionary changes that's happening in the technology of war. now the question here ask are we talking about war or counterterrorism. we've got things con plated. but when you look at the technol