scott thompson never used flicker and you think why the heck not. why wouldn't the ceos have used those products. and i think that speaks to marissa's understanding of what being a ceo of a u consumer company is. >> i can't speak for the ceos, but all of us at yahoo! want to be hands on with our products. because being really focused on consumers and what they need, you have to use the proper tublgt like you would expect a customer to use it. and it's a tough challenge. because you want to build a beautiful experiences, you wouldn't to reduction friction, make it easy for people to actually get stuff done. we're focused on people's daily habits and making it easy is what's driving us. >> some people would say you're late to the show. instragram which facebook now owns has 100 million users plus. why bother? you're's already been a winner. so why not put it on something else. >> flicker has been in the digital photography game for a very long time. and the fact that maybe some of our product releases haven't necessarily kept up with the market, that'

first up, scott thompson, english teacher is accused of pulling the flag off the wall and stomping oneoffment speech or is american culture in decline. bob, taking the flag off the wall, stomping on it in front of kids? >> bob: it's terrible. i think there are laws against defacing a flag. not sure that he is not in that territory. to do it in front of kids, i'm not sure what the point was. he said it's cloth. it's more than cloth. represents a lot of thing. >> kimberly: fire him. this is outrageous. i would be so angry i would literally protest and sit at the school every day. >> eric: you have won't have to do that. i called and spoke to gentleman name mark bounds with the district, chapin south carolina high school and they did. terminated him today. on the administrative leave. 20-brother veteran of the army who said -- 20-year veteran of the army said he did it in school. he would have thought to the death for him to do outside of school but in school made the difference. free speech or wrong? >> andrea: he has the right to do it sadly. but it doesn't make it right. in a public s

when it started the year it had any ceo, scott thompson.ptical and then they launched an ill-advised and war with facebook. a lot of ill will. they have arisen may issue, and he was out. they got birth to my area, and she is great ever since. the big differences everyone is rooting for her. actually want to have latched on to some of the better products. kind of a no-brainer. obviously the president of t united states, basically go on and the users can ask you questions. you answer more less in real time. that was a huge one. >> they definitely came out on top. a lot some pretty cool products this year. the global nexus' seven, the best android tablet of the year, and it sort of establish them as a bit of a hardware playe. their product search, maps, stronger than ever. >> amazon. >> still the leader. still the leader in terms of tablets. gerri: samsung. >> that was interesting. they obviously lost a big court case for apple this year, but they are leading the market. gerri: flops for the year. let's move on. the biggest flops for 2012 star

. >> i am scott simpson -- scot thompson. -- scott thomponson. >> it feels great out here. does a very light jacket is all you need. the humidity is very high. you could really feel the moisture lingering. some of the outlying areas may have patchy fog to deal with this morning so be aware of that. look at the temperatures across the region. most of us in the '50s with a couple of 60's out there. way above the average high already, which is 44 degrees. some clouds and sunshine, a little bit of both throughout the day today. we will pop out at about 69 degrees this afternoon. a few showers will be possible but the big cold front comes through late this evening. that is when we willderstorms. a few could be strong. more details and timing on that coming up in a few minutes. >> we want to get right back to our big story, and that is an absolute mess on the beltway. a rough situation out there with a fire engine accident. >> we are expecting this will slow down a lot of people. we want to go live with brianne carter for the latest. >> the good news is we have more lanes of traf

senator bennett, congressman scott rigell, senator thompson, two other republican house colleagues. you spend a lot of time together. you have a great a cappella group, the capital canaries. [laughter] senator, want to huum a few bars? today you've gotten together for your rehearsal. after using for your rockefeller, there is another song you come to. this senate has passed a budget right here in washington city. there is a problem, though. the senate budget is very heavy on protecting spending. the house budget has a much stronger emphasis on cutting spending. there is this thing called a sequester. no budget, automatic spending cuts across the board. a colleague says to you how i think this is the only thing we have if we will get spending under control. this is the biggest problem we face. are you with me? say yes or no. >> yes or no. [laughter] i never have to answer yes or now to anything. can we let that happen? yes, we can. >> i can't let that just stand. even if one holds a view that it should come down, this is not the way to do it. it by the reduction of spending -- a viol

shannon scott tosses the yap in transition. sam thompson one-handed.ked ohio state beating number 2 michigan, 56-53. >> can you imagine san francisco giants won the world series, can you imagine the 49ers win the super bowl? >> i can. they may be the best team with kaepernick the way he played over the weekend? it would have been fun if they played the broncos? >> for me? >> way to rub the salt in the wound. at least the 49ers won. they looked great doing it. >>> 5:25. will and kate reveal the due date. when we can expect a new prince or princess. >> grab a jacket and turn up the heat because it is another cold morning in the bay area. temperatures dipping into the 20s and 30s, we'll have the weather conditions in your neighborhood coming up. >> and some desperate times in oakland. the city's new call for outside help after a violent and very deadly weekend. [ mom ] dear chex cereal i just had to write. you can't imagine how long i've been searching for something like this for my family. i'm amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. m

scott with the transition, one- handed slam thompson. and it's good. ohio beats michigan state. the cap to the women's basketball team they beat stanford in pac-12 play first loss for stanford in 81 games. >> it was an upset. >> yes. it's the first time stanford has lost since 2009 in the pac- 12. so nice win for the bears. >>> it's 6:26. coming up, outrageous overtime. how san francisco's muni managed to go $18 million over budget. >> and following a bloody weekend, oakland plans to take drastic measures to curb gun violence in their city. >>> another very chilly morning in the bay area with some freeze warnings in effect. just how cold is it in your neighborhood and when can we expect things to finally heat up? we'll have that for you coming up. [ male announcer ] e career landscape of america is changing. new jobs are here, and by 2025 we could have millions more that demand qualified college graduates. many in the bay area. at devry university, our market-responsive bachelor's and master's degree programs can give you what you need to succeed in today's careers and the ones

thompson. >> mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we are going to do four minutes.that includes the answer. so if you could keep your answers short. >> thank you. dr. ross, you have been working to eliminate the school to prison pipeline, can you discuss some of the initiatives that create that problem? >> yes, sir, very briefly. mr. representative, there are three, we studied at the school, the presence coal, the pipeline that plague so many of our certainly poor rural committees. they seem to be three critical points that serve as on ramps for that incarceration superhighway. the first is third grade reading scores. young people who are, particularly young men, particularly young black and brown men in urban communities who are not reading at the great proficiency, and the numbers, the percentages are as high as 75-80% of young black and brown boys at third grade are not reading at the grade level proficiency. and once they are behind a just never catch up. so the importance of early childhood and early third grade reading is trickle. the second is the issue of --

for "today," anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> scott mercier is lance armstrong's former teammatesrickland is "bicycling" editor at large. his magazine published a cover story accusing armstrong of using performance enhancing drugs. good morning to both of you. thanks for coming on. >> good morning. >> bill, you spoke to lance armstrong earlier in the week, why did he ultimately decide come forward in your opinion? >> i -- it's always complex with him. he always has multiple motives. i really believe that he's kind of hit rock bottom. that he's cracked. five or six weeks ago, we had a short conversation, he didn't go into details, but he was talking about how hard it was with his kids. and i think that was a turning point for him. >> this is a story of a guy who wanted to win at all costs. it tells us about his sense of wanting to compete. that's what it's all about. he believes, you think that he can compete again? >> he -- he does. i mean, like a shark needs to swim and he needs to compete. it's just part of who he is. >> scott, you were teammates in 1992 and 1994, the world cham

thompson is here. the smile on people's faces. it was like listening to a prize fight. scottner, the referee in the ring, will be with us in a moment. we will bring it back home here with your money and decisions you need it make about your financial future. the dow and s&p 500 approaching all-time high territory. so is now the time to get in or are you -- are you too late? a simple question, but a tough one to answer. here are a couple of the facts. dow is at highs, not seen since the end of 2007. it is on track for its best january performance since, get this, 1994. s&p also now at levels not seen since 2007. scores of stocks hitting new 52-week highs. big names on the list. 3m, united technology, proctor and -- where is herbalife in this? i don't know. sue, back to you. >> let's ask the big question. is time now, time to get back into the game, kenny with o'neill securities, jim with jtm, kkm financial ceo and chairman and cio financiales. >>> we went through technical levels. is now the time to get back? ? >> i don't think so. i think the structure of your portfolio shoul

scott. >> thank you for your thoughts on the markets. >> thank you. >> the stocks remain red hot on wall street. mary thompson puts this rally into historical perspective. >> that's right, mandy. we're seeing levels we haven't seen in quite sometime. let's start first of all for the dow with the dow jones industrial average. the dow and s&p and nasdaq all ontrack for a winning week once again but the dow also ontrack for its 11th gain in the last 12 sessions and its best january since 1994. so let's take a look at the dow leaders so far this month. familiar names leading the pack here. hewlett-packard which was actually the worst performing dow stock last year. home depot, united technologies, disney, and travelers which just reported some blockbuster earnings. so who are the dow leaders back in january of 1994? this list excludes any of the dow components no longer publicly traded companies. caterpillar was up 17% followed by dupont. united technologies also in the list. let's look at the s&p 500. it's ontrack for its eighth straight gain. a winning streak that we haven't seen since november of 2004. what we

mary thompson rounding out the milestones this market is hitting and could hit depending on where we close. mary. >> as you and scott out at the top of the show, 13,886 is had a we're looking at for the dow. as it stands right now, right at that number. if not, we'll see the best performance since 1994. still not too shabby. take a look at the s&p 500, up over 5% for the month. it is on track for its best performance since 1997, and the nasdaq is up over 4% for january in what is its historically strongest month but not a standout january for the nasdaq. so why do we care what happens in january. here's why. consider this. howard silverblatt of standard & poor's said since 1929 the market year-end results mirrored january 22% of the time. another bullish sign to consider. the s&p's 5% plus gain. it's done that in january 11 times since 1950, and in ten of those full years the index has finished with annual double digit gains ranging from just over 16% to 45%, the exception being 1987, of course, when we had the crash. that year the s&p finished with a gain of just over 2%. still positive. one last data point to cons

thompson. i've refinesed my house because of you. former senator, actor and all around great american. scott, member of congress.llows, renowned author and journalist. prow nouns it. >> iorio. >> iorio from tampa. and bill richardson former governor, former everything. and master negotiator. and finally representative donna edwards. thank you very much from maryland. from not too far away. let's see how you are on the confidence index folks. let put up the results. what do we got? not so great. so 46% of you have low confidence that this government could operate effectively confronted with a crisis. let's get to it. it is sometime in the future, a hypothetical future, not very far away. i'm the president. i've been wanting a promotion for a long time. i just gave myself one. governor, your my chief of staff. it's 7:00 in the the white house. good morning, governor. >> good morning,.th president. >> good to see you this morning mr. president. working at the white house is an interesting thing. it's a phenomenal place. crisis today. europe has not been going well. we've been watching the global news channel. let's