then back out to san diego. mandy's got an exclusive interview with the man running the company putting on the conference. "street signs" exclusive from san diego rb right after this. >>> kind of on baited breath here. waiting for dow 14,000. list yep wrb no guarantee we will ever hit it. but we are less close than yesterday. dow is down .2 percent of 1% and tomorrow could be a big day for markets. why? the monthly payroll number some people refer to it as the all important jobs number. we will find out. just a reminder, that number is out tomorrow. don't take friday off. meantime, big beer battle is brewing after regulators block a multibillion merger green grupo moelo. regulators saying you will have roughly a larger part of the market. they claim this will hit pocket books in a big way. here is why i think it is surprising even though people on the deal were not expecting this to really happen. that's because when they brought in anheuser-busch in 2008, they had to connect with someone they were familiar with

san diego, most of it is off the coast. i think san diego you're probably going to have likely period of rain. a little slow there. a front big huge storm went up just north of juneau last night. cooling things off. this will bring changing weather pattern for the weekend. we'll linger with this trough and cause scattered showers and a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures. batch of rain this morning with that cutoff upper low that's dying off the coast. that's why we'll have the chance of rain from phoenix to l.a. today. the front to north and continues through your weekend. that okay. california the rainiest weather of the weekend is this morning. speaking of weekend forecast that will be coming right up. >>> looking forward to that. up next medical science's real life "star trek" tracker beam plus layoffs ahead for the airlines. why are the brits blowing up these trains. what to watch on wall street. jan's final friday. you're watching "early today" only on nbc. >>> welcome back. here are some other stories making news t

>> i know los angeles has 500 and san diego has 1200. >> oh okay. and so i think the program does work. the program can be tailored by each city slightly, but hopefully this demonstrates that perhaps even here in san francisco property owners can benefit from the program. i also like to say that i believe the issues before the commission are slightly different than the kinds of things we have talked about so far and what people have presented because the actual recommendation for whether this should be a historic district or not, and that it meets the criteria february being a his tordistrict. >> >> are in the purview of this historic preservation commission. it has come to the planning commission to find whether the historic district has any conflicts with things like the general plan and other sustainable policies and what not, so we're not really here to talk about windows, and we're not really here to talk about exterior alterations or interior altderations are good or bad and get reviewed or not. it's to see whether the provisions in the ordinan

i grew up in san diego, and it's always warm down there. >> reporter: but in san diego, the temperature was a frigid 35, colder than chicago, 55. in central california, 75% of the citrus crop is still on the tree, where frost threatens to damage the $1.5 billion harvest. >> it's going to get cold but probably 27, 28 tonight is my guess. >> reporter: in louisiana, a foot of rain and tornadoes. one twister damaging 50 homes. as storms move east, the lucky ones today are in florida. record highs were close to 90. back here in los angeles, don't let the blue skies fool you. it is frigid, windy and forecasters say this weekend it's going to get even colder. brian? >> miguel almaguer in sunny southern california, thanks. >>> things must be bad out there, because here he comes, our friend, weather channel meteorologist, jim cantore, in the weather center. jim, what's going on out there? >> yeah, we got an extreme pattern. it doesn't mean one area is getting extreme weather, it means the whole nation is dealing with those extremes. let's talk about when it may change as we go through the next s

we know there was an expansion currently planned in san diego which would put us at a significant deficit to what they have. we though that groups, particularly in the medical field, generally comes every four years to san francisco. has told us they will not come due to size constraints. this will even the playing field. we won't be as big of them but we are san francisco we know people want to come to san francisco. our customers tell us, even though you're a little bit smaller now, we want to try to get there but the biggest concern for most of them now is space. this project will allow us to have the space and allow those folks who want to come here continue to come here or come back to san francisco. >> thank you very much for that. next speaker please. >> [singing]. do you know the moscone way of san jose. there will be a place in san jose. i'm leaving on a harvey milk airport plane. don't know when i i'll be back again. i hate to go. there's sow many time we've come to town and we can use some budget money found. it means everything. i'm leaving on an airport plane. don't know when

you can see that line of cloud cover rushing down towards san diego and los angeles. but what's now moving in is air direct from the arctic, giving us a north flow of air. i've colored it blue for you. it's going to be cold air. this pattern stuck till about the top of next week. thursday night, friday night, saturday night, sunday night, all near or below freezing. we're going to be cold for about four or five straight days. highs tomorrow, 40's. snow level dropping to 1500 feet. overnight lows in the 20's and low 30's through the weekend. highs tomorrow, livermore, only 48. san jose, 50. you should be up near 60. sunnyvale, 51. union city, 50. 49 -- that's it -- for walnut creek. windy and cold tomorrow. scattered showers. san francisco, only 50. extended forecast, we'll improve, we'll get warmer, but only a degree or two. next week, back to the mid 50's. that's gonna have to feel warm, because that's all we're getting from mother nature for the next seven days. >> not a 60 degrees in sight. >> maybe february. >> people in michigan are laughing at us right now. >> i

along with having a phd in theology, via was also an assistant district attorney in san diego for over 25 years. that courtroom experience, she says, has helped her in her present conflict with the leaders of the catholic church. via says the evidence she's gathered shows women had a prominent role in the early church. >> there no are no scriptural barriers to the ordination of women, and the first 300-400 years of the early church i believe the evidence shows clearly included the ordination of women as deacons, the ordination of women as priests, and the ordination of women as bishops. >> let us pray. >> via leads a congregation in with masses held in a borrowed lutheran church. >> although worship services here aren't recognized by the local catholic archdiocese, via carries out all of the typical duties of a male priest. the people who attend mass here say that despite this congregation's outsider status within the catholic church, they're secure in their own religious identities. >> how do you identify yourself? what's your faith? >> roman catholic. >> what would you say to your fe

the mercy is parked down in san diego. it just got back from its asian humanitarian assistance from guam, indonesia, vietnam, an amazing number of nations we're partnering with. those hospital ships with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, they produce their own medical oxygen, they have ct scanners and they can do almost anything a hospital on the west coast can do and we can park them offshore as we did in haiti and in haiti they spent the first 72 hours once they got on scene doing nothing but repairing crush injuries and restoring life. that's the capacity we have. i like to think in our partnership with the maritime services and the coast guard and our reserve forces, i like to think of us as america's or the world's 911 when something bad, either man-made or natural happens, some catastrophe happens in the world, often times the ambassador will pick up the phone and dial 911 and the navy marine corps team answers the phone. it is our those, it is our dna it is our ability to be there. if you look at the communicate dapbt

an explosion inside of a hotel near san diego sea world. people injured, one of them serious, and we'll have updates as they come in. >>> and the israeli military has apparently bombed targets inside of syria. state tv broke the news, and nower officials are speaking on this matter. john hunt has the update. >> they were talking about strikes, state tv said that it was a strike on a research center near damascus. and others said it was a convoy carrying weapons from syria to lebanon. that is the one that u.s. officials in lebanon are camping. a strike an truck believed to be carrying antiaircraft missiles. they are not confirming whether there was another strike near damascus. it's good to point out that want u.s. and syria are in constant communication over what to do with the chemical weapons in the last months. but barack, the out doing defense minister, made an unscheduled visit to the pentagon after he had his farewell visit back in november. it's not sure if these are the actions but it was the reported incident at the time. >> shep:

. >>> and the biggest show in san diego today is in black and white. a baby panda meets his public. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, aig has had some second thoughts about suing the federal government over the bailout that saved the company. the insurance giant has decided not to join a lawsuit that claims shareholders were hurt because aig got too little taxpayer money in the deal. aig, of course, was rescued with $182 billion taxpayer, in 2008. and has paid that back. plus $23 billion in profit for the american public. >>> consumer protections are on the way to make sure homeowners can afford the mortgages they get. today, federal regulators will announce limits on interest-only loans. with stricter rules to verify borrowers' incomes. the steps take effect in a year. >>> taking effect right now for homeowners who heat with natural gas, a big price plunge. warm temps and a supply glut has sent natural gas prices down 7% in just nine days. with the trend expected to continue. about half the country's homes are heated with natural gas. >>> as tax seas

. >> san diego? >> yes, just san diego and i did speak with the folks in sacramento and there is legislation that will address bottle bill -- actually once a year or couple of years that they do a bottle bill fix and adjust things and there is another bill planned for this life-threateningive session in january. so i mean the timing is right in terms of if there were some recommendations coming out of san francisco, there is a vehicle for us to talk to the folks up there. >> great. >> this convenience zone, is that unique to california? >> it is. it's very unusual. i am from the east coast and grew up with the bottle bill there and it's very different. it's very successful here and they are talking about using it as a national model. there is an effort to try to create more jobs by creating more recycling infrastructure. because many states don't have anything at all and the stuff is just thrown out all over the place if you are driving across the country. they are looking at this particular law as a

that's why san diego is thrilled by xiao liwu. his name means little gift.ud to have six cubs born here at the san diego zoo, ten grand cubs back in china as a result of the cubs born here. >> reporter: as for xiau liwu like all p.a.n.d.a.s., he's just on loan from china. >> when he's about 3 or 4 years he's go back to china and hopefully have lots of grandchildren. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm bill whitaker san diego. >> a little shout-out for kelsey for getting those. what is it? >> they're so cute. the black and the white. >> what is it about -- what is so fascinating? just so cute. >> i'm so sorry i asked that. >> it was a very penetrating -- >> i should have asked somebody who would give me a good answer now, oakland officials will hopes of gett >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. an hour from now, oakland officials will offer a reward in hopes of getting a valuable artifact returned to the oakland museum. a gold box worth $800,000 was taken in a break-in at the museum. the second t

>> no, just that one. >> san diego? >> yes, just san diego and i did speak with the folks in sacramento and there is legislation that will address bottle bill -- actually once a year or couple of years that they do a bottle

the city of san diego reached a 1.2 million dollar settlement with some of the women victimized by the policeman. he he was convicted of assault, battery, and bribery. >> every once in a while there's a real bad guy that hides away and carries a badge and carries a gun. this is one of the guys. >> craig, we have some video of the policeman taking one of his female victims where, into the convenience store bathroom. what's that about? >> reporter: he obviously pulled this woman over for suspicious of dui, tries to convince her to provide some sexual favors so that he can, you know, let her go, you know. that was his thing. he tried to seduce them with the, you know, getting them off the hook, societ so to speak, ss video is what turned the whole case around. this woman complained there was substantiation when the police investigated it. they saw the convenience store video. then they further investigated him and the different arrest he made or tickets he wrote, went and asked these women, some of them who had already complained, and went back to them and confirmed their suspicions that

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the play saved the game in san diego. finally, the orioles had in 20 seconds. 17-inning victory at fenway. adam jones hit the game-winning home run and first baseman chris davis pitched tw scoreo list innings. after that, with finished anything was possible and the orioles went on to the post season. >> that was fantastic. tony is back with the forecast, right after this break. >> if you are out for the night, you are probably out already. >> we wake up tomorrow, there is a chance for rain or snow shower on new year's day. it will not cause any problems on the road or anything. we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you, that is all for 11 news tonight. thank you so much for spending your new year's eve with us. happy new year. [captioning made possible

san diego and monterey, for the crowd of spain. the brave men made their way slowly north in an unchartered path. they reached monterey, but couldn't recognize the bay in the dense fog. with their surprise failing, they marched back to san diego, forced to eat the flesh of pack mules to stay alive. undaunted, provisions from baja, california, and promptly organized the second expedition, he retraced the steps northward along what was to become el camino royal. the rest is history, of bull pioneers meeting every failure with even greater success. the founding of the missions, sold off in more than 50 years. the displacement and the devastation of a native people, the discovery of gold, the coming of the 49ers, adventures from every continent. first, by the thousands and then by the hundreds of thousands and during the civil war, under president lincoln, the transcontinental railroad and land grant colleges founded by the university of california, oil production, movies and aircraft industry. the longest bridge in the world, grand wa

she is that a naval base in san diego. the one question that everybody in washington and america has, is china militarily expanding? is there something that the u.s. needs to be concerned about? >> it dawn is breaking over the fishing ports of taiwan. the fishermen are preparing to head out to sea. they say they are facing increased threats on the waters. that is one reason china is increasing its military spending. spending istary focusing on the water. it is increasing year on year. the leaders are talking about turning china into a maritime nation. last year, the country unveiled its first aircraft carrier. it is a symbol of china's growing naval ambitions. all of this is making china's neighbors nervous. some of them are turning to washington for support. what is clear is that the south china sea will be one of the main theaters where chinese and american interests abroad up against each other. some are worried about american intentions in these waters. it does not like washington butting into what it considers its own

mary's san diego 1 randy bennett and the 16-4 st.sting the san diego toreros 2 1st half matthew dellavedova - the nice lob to beau levesque who lays it in levesque: 20 points, 5 rebs 2nd half 3 dellavedova - another ally oop lob to brad waldow who throws it down waldow: 15 points assists final: 81-48 gaels st. mary's: 16-4, 5-1 mens hoops - cal vs. utah mike montgomery 2nd half allen crabbe 3-pointer 44-29 cal off the break big robert thurmon with the dunk inside 53-42 cal final: 62-57 cal 75-72. >> pam: goodnight, see you tomorrow.

it hits defense contractors that are centered here in san diego. a lot of research and development goes on in this area and in the los angeles area. and it also hits the researchers who are working in life sciences who rely on federal funding for their research dollars as well. so there's a lot of concern because it reaches a lot of areas that really buoyed the area up during the economic downturn that kept the economic downturn from being as severe, which was the military and life sciences. >> brown: so your sense is people were watching carefully the fiscal cliff doings and even more so now we've been talking about on the program that this is going to continue for months. >> yeah it's really kind of seen as more of a swerve instead of carrevening over this fiscal cliff. people realize that you know, the vehicle is still moving and there is still the potential to have a serious impact in jobs and in dollars that come in and out of the san diego economy. so that has them worried as well. >> stan jastrzebski also thinking about what is going on in w

it hits defense contractors that are centered here in san diego. a lot of research and development goes on in this area and in the los angeles area. and it also hits the researchers who are working in life sciences who rely on federal funding for their research dollars as well. so there's a lot of concern because it reaches a lot of areas that really buoyed the area up during the economic downturn, that kept the economic downturn from being as severe, which was the military and life sciences. >> brown: so your sense is people were watching carefully the fiscal cliff doings and even more so now, we've been talking about on the program that this is going to continue for months. >> yeah, it's really kind of seen as more of a swerve instead of carrevening over this fiscal cliff. people realize that, you know, the vehicle is still moving and there is still the potential to have a serious impact in jobs and in dollars that come in and out of the san diego economy. so that has them worried as well. >> stan jastrzebski, also thinking about what is going on

loves it beating his former team. >> college men's hoops, santa clara taking on san diego. all broncos, the easy slam. he had 18. marcus led the broncos with 23. almost takes the high school down with this. >> saint mary's hosting pepperdine and the crowd was jacked up. so was bo lebeck. where is waldo? brad waldo. saint mary's shot 54% from the field 84-7 2 the final. >> what a start for pat trick marleau the first player to score in fourto the tank, avalal the game early. brad stuart just clocked anders. a change of momentum. sharks bet a power play and patrick marleau withhis first goal of the game. game. scored two goals in every game this season. later, his hundred hmm leading eighth goal of the year. second per. greiss giving neimi the day off. he has 24 saves in his first career shutout. how about another first. matt irwin, first nhl goal. a little laser. sharks with the 4-0 victory. back at it tomorrow night at the tank against vancouver. >> tennis' first major of the year winding down, the aussie open. azarenka facing na, azarenka looking for a second straight titl

--tan solo en san diego, hay aproximadamente 2 mil veteranos de guerra que por alguna razon viven en el parque nacional yosemite para escalar la famosa piedra "half dome" pues parece que sera mas dificil... no la subida, sino obtener el permiso para subirla. ----hoy funcionarios del parque anunciaron un plan para reducir a solamente 400, el numero de personas que podran escalarla diariamente. ---el objetivo de la reduccion es aumentar la seguridad de los alpinistas porque en aÑos recientes se permitieron hasta mil 200 visitantes. blanca ---ahora veamos las imagenes del dia... take pkg video 1 --en albany georgia, ----segun la agencia catolica de polonia "kai" el fallecido papa juan pablo segundo... take vo ...podria ser declarado santo en octubre de este aÑo, en una fecha que coincidiria con el aniversario numero 35 del inicio de su pontificado. ---juan pablo segundo, a quien muchos llamaban cariÑosamente el papa viajero, fue beatificado en la plaza de san pedro el primero de mayo de 2012 y hasta la fecha, solo se espera que se elija un milagro concedido por el ex sumo pontifice. ---

temperatures in san diego, los angeles and san francisco will bottom out in the 30s tonight. >> very strong dip in the jet stream has placed itself over the western part of the country and that's allowed some very cold air from canada to move southward. >> reporter: snow in new mexico made it look more like new york. that is if new york wasn't close to 50 today. in the east, many places were near record highs. in d.c. it was warm enough for shirtless beach volleyball. orlando was extra hot, even by florida standards. talk about upside down weather. on sunday, highs will be 57 in san diego, and one degree warmer in philadelphia. and flagstaff, arizona, will be exactly the same temperature as green bay, wisconsin. just 21 degrees. forecasters say more seasonal weather should return next week. already snow is being measured in feet in parts of utah. while the system that brought blizzard conditions to the dakotas is now headed east. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we're not only seeing unusual weather, but some severe weather across the country too. in livingston county, ke

by the time you get to los angeles and san diego the showers will be over at low-to-mid 60's. sue? >> getting word of light snow flurries over the grapevine. it is open but you may have travel delays if you are headed to southern california. north 101 in mountain view reports of an accident that is cleared off to the shoulder. no significant problems here. north 101 up the peninsula from candlestick park will be picked up, and now over to kristen and eric. >> the church for a sky diver continues in washington state who disappeared after jumping from a helicopter in a special winged suit. the 29-year-old florida man vanished over the foot hits of the cascade mountains east of seattle while wearing a special suit that allowed him to fly like a flying squirrel before deploying parachute. that would happen at 2,000 feet but his freeways never saw the chute open. trackers will try to locate him today using the cell phone signal. >> police want criminal charges filed against some of the teens who took part in a flash mob that turned violent at a shopping mall. you can see chaos in this c

they love giant bandas at the san diego zoo.y give them this extraordinary living environment and are obviously taking very good care of the little guy. >> that has to be one of the greatest guys. >> can you imagine? >> to get to play around with this panda cub. >>> i've got a couple of vehicles to check out. the first one from poland. guy's waiting for his bud toy come down the street to pick him up. carp's moving kind of slow. looks kind of wonky. doesn't it? >> what? >> yo what's up? >> itting loose like he wraps that car around a pole or something. the car still running, although probably a little out of line. >> is this his first car, he doesn't care about having wheels, doesn't kwhar it looks like? >> i think he just doesn't want to get rid those awesome seats. hey, buddy, i'm going to be a little late. i'll so when you i get there. >> you'll see, i'll be the one driving sideways. >> two maracas. that is not video trickery nap is actually a conjoined jeep wrangler. >> what? >> so they meld them together. this is reportedly

loves it beating his former team. >> college men's hoops, santa clara taking on san diego.all broncos, the easy slam. he had 18. marcus led the broncos with 23. almost takes the high school down with this. >> saint mary's hosting pepperdine and the crowd was jacked up. so was bo lebeck. where is waldo? brad waldo. saint mary's shot 54% from the field 84-7 2 the final. >> what a start for pat trick marleau the first player to score in four games. to the tank, avalanche control the game early. brad stuart just clocked anders. a change of momentum. sharks bet a power play and patrick marleau withhis first goal of the game. scored two goals in every game this season. later, his hundred hmm leading eighth goal of the year. second per. greiss giving neimi the day off. he has 24 saves in his first career shutout. how about another first. matt irwin, first nhl goal. a little laser. sharks with the 4-0 victory. back at it tomorrow night at the tank against vancouver. >> tennis' first major of the year winding down, the aussie open. azarenka facing na, azarenka looking for a second s

tom costello covers aviation for us, he's with us from san diego tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. this actually occurred in boston today, japan airlines 787, japan airlines yesterday as well, but today they were just about to depart fully loaded with passengers when they developed some sort of a fuel leak and they lost 40 gallons right there on the ramp. they went back to the gate, fixed the problem, the plane did, in fact, leave for tokyo but we can tell you that this follows yesterday's incident also involving a japan airlines 787, that was a belly, the fire in the belly of the plane, i should say. investigators now think that's tied to an auxiliary power unit, a battery pack and there have been other emergency landings and problems with electrical systems over the last few months or so. united airlines has ordered inspections of all of its 787s. most aviation experts believe that these are problems with a high-tech plane but they could also start to undermine confidence in the 787. brian? >> tom costello on the latest problem from san

the first in 2007 when the container ship cosco busan hit the bridge and in 2009, in san diego, when a small coast guard vessel collided with a small boat killing a small child. considering the massive amounts of traffic moving through the bay and the ports in la, long beach and san diego, that's an enviable state record. we're -- >> we are having some technical problems with tom's report on the situation with the tanker hitting the bay bridge tower, something the coast guard continues to investigate. >>> the oakland fire department is investigating a morning house fire. it happened just before 6:00 at 1415 pampas avenue. this is video from newschopper2 to thes say everyone got out safely. >>> pg&e must adhere to a new pipeline safety regime due to the san bruno gas explosion settlement. the contra costa times reports the utility will have to calculate a minimum safe life span for pipes. so weak ones can be replaced before they become dangerous. the settlement also requires an undisclosed amount of compensation for relatives of two victims. 44-year-old jacqueline grieg and her daught

sounds nice in san diego. thanks. >>> "hunger games" star jennifer lawrence doesn't think too highly of her profession. in an interview with "vanity fair," the actress said quote, not to sound rude but acting is stupid. j. law went on to say while firefighters are saving lives, quote, i'm making movies, it's stupid. >>> speaking of stupid, sales of kim kardashian's sex tape have spiked 80% since her pregnancy announcement. the recent spike is the biggest in sales since she married kris humphries. ray jay is also getting a cut of every sale. >>> pop and country singer patti page died on new year's day at the age of 85. page sold more than 100 million albums over her career which included chart toppers "how much is that dog in the window?" and "tennessee waltz." >>> news has come out that simon cowell is not happy with britney spears who wanders around aimlessly and acts like she's in her own world. she's still making music and sells a lot of records and tours. >> it is like a p.r. thing to see who the next host

santa clara over san diego 64- 50.t is santa clara 16th win of the season. >>> fog wiped out the third round at torrey pines. tiger woods is in the lead by 2 strokes but check out jerry y glover playing kelly and lucas glover. playing a little baseball to kill time. tiger resumes his quest tomorrow weather permitting. >>> in the '80s, the washington redskins offensive line was known as the hogs. while there's no nickname for the 49ers o line they feel they resemble a different animal. so last night in miami the heat fans hit a shot from midcourt and we'll let you know if we have that in a minute out of nowhere lebron tackles him. we'll try to get that on for you tonight but it's good that dennis arrived in new orleans safely. the whole team is almost on the ground. the 49ers are going to leave tomorrow. so i mean, i wish the game was being played tomorrow. it's such build-up. i know it's going to be exciting with media day and we'll look forward to their coverage down there. >> we are going to see from the harbaugh bro