>> i work at solar city for our nation's largest solar installer. about 20 months ago we launched our electric vehicle charging division and it's growing quickly. we see a lot of customers think about the energy powering their home tied to the energy that powers their vehicle in a way that it didn't exist before. the volt ties you to your customer's homes in a way that you weren't before. how does this affect your company's strategy and what challenges and opportunities does it present to be so much more tied to your customer's home? >> we actually invested in a company that they build a little lean to. it has solar panels and you are home free. could that happen? in a carport. it's a good technical term. i like it. is that a solution? we do a lot of inductive. like with your cell phone, you put it on a pad. we invested in the company like that. you will see that in our models coming out and you take the cell phone and you don't have to worry about the jack and all convenience. you see that in the cars in upcoming years. someone said why don't we ge

>> i work at solar city, the largest solar installer. about 20 months ago we launched the vehicle charging division and we see a lot of customers think about their -- the energy

>> i work at solar city, the largest solar installer. about 20 months ago we launched the vehicle charging division and we see a lot of customers think about their -- the energy powering their home is tied to the energy that powers their vehicle in a way that didn't exist before. the volt ties you to your customers' homes in a way that you weren't before. how does this affect your

hi, i'm here with carl, he is the operations manager for solar city. we decided to take a little break from the cls room to so we could see some of the solar panels in action. carl, how are you? >> very well. nice to meet you. >> how do you like the weather? >> not too bad. >> kind of sunny. how does that impact our solar panels when we have lots of sun versus fog which we are typically accustomed to in san francisco? >> well, contrary to popular belief, solar panels will produce electricity when it's foggy out. how much depends on the density of the fog. on a day like today it's hazy for typical san francisco weather. on a day like talking, you can expect 80% of your what would be your full production on a clear sunny day. >> so if i were thinking about getting solar panels and i lived in san francisco and i was worried about haze versus full sun and how that will impact what jets yated, are there any tools or tricks that i can use to determine what the production is going to be like? >> the first thing you need to do is look at what available area do

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the new suitor shaking things up for the falcon family on top of city hall. >>> solar flare erupts overnight headed towards earth. the effects we may see here later tonight. >>> it appears there may be a family shake-up for the famed falcon as top san jose city hall this is video from a webcam it shows clara the matriarch of the family sitting atop four new eggs the father is nowhere to be found. the papa at least we believe to be the papa esteban appears to have been chased off by a new top bird. bird watchers call the new suitor fernando the rocket and say he's been flying overhead to protect clara for several days. >> i don't know. she doesn't look too happy. >> soap opera. >> meteorologist mike nicco in now. >> bird soap opera. very heartwarming story. gosh i hope they get things settled before the kids hatch. 11:18. looking down from sutro tower not bouncing as much as did it yesterday we still have breezes not as aggressive as yesterday. vollmer peak gusts this morning 25 to 30 miles per hour now 15. in that is good news especially if you are going to be out in a high profile vehicle o

the new suitor shaking things up for the falcon family on top of city hall. >>> solar flare erupts overnightalto morgan hill santa cruz sheltered valleys could drop into the low 30s we may have scattered frost like this morning. most bay shore to the coast low to mid 40s. low pressure pull allege way high pressure starting to move in pressure gradient relaxing the difference between the high and low pressure the strength is relaxing that is relaxing the winds. i think the winds will continue to calm towards the afternoon and once the sunsets we'll get calm tonight that will allow cooler temperatures also warmer afternoons we'll have still winds to offshore winds land breeze develops it pushes cooler cloud cover air out to our west that pace going to stay away for a couple of days that -- that's going to stay away for a couple of days. cooler conditions as the pattern changes saturday with more clouds and onshore wind sunday cooler and chance of rain will start monday into tuesday when the models are hinting the rain will move in we could have more rain thursday and friday of next week. >> sp

>>> the city of palo alto utilities will sign multiyear contracts with solar power producers.or those who sign a 20 yearcontract, the utility will pay them 14 cents per kilowatt hour. >>> at 10:45 tonight, a major solar flare set to hit earth and details on just how much damage those solar flares can cause. >>> key evidence in the driver who hit (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dust pickup in less time without missing a thing. i love that book. can you believe the twin did it? ♪ swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. >>> in east oakland, police cordoned off a

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switch teleportation will take you to one of the area's most populous cities and a genuine industrial powerhouse this place is called solar counts and it may be the most important city in the whole of the perm region they call it russia salt cellar and it's been supplying the vital minerals of the country for more than six hundred years. the city lies on the karma river and its main translates to salts of the common it's particularly famous for its attacks seem chloride which is refined and sold as fertilizer and a trip through the city shows how the process has changed over time. these buildings urge tribute to a bygone age they date back to the eighteen eighty's and they're the oldest standing salt factory left in russia. all of this is original equipment and this borehole goes down to it that the woman's two hundred meters i found the down there the salt water had a higher concentration and they would pump it out and take it to the furnace house for the next stage of the process. so was of tamed by about ration and once it boiled from this great big basin here it would have been pushed up the top ready for the next bat

solar one facility. mexico andd in new oklahoma city. yet today the president welcome irish prime minister for meals and meetings. hisobama joked about controversy. >> this will have a different choice. the irish prime minister visited of a six day visit to the deadline. >> barbara mikulski will be today for making history. she will be recognized for the women in theng history of congress. served more than 35 years in senate.e and the democrat was elected to the in 1976. shoes and the senate in 1986. >> police are investigating an armed robbery. night in theast block of maryland. two armed man and demanded cash and then left. was injured. police are looking. >> regulators will hold a hearing on plans to open a bar near a northwest school. they want to stop the tavern open at seventh and t streets. it allows it to operate there. they won the support of y leaders by agreeing before 5:00liquor p.m.. important dues for veterans looking for work. a job there will be held today. still be going on all day. underemployed are over employed o work

today the president appeared at a solar plant in boulder city, nevada, where he defended government investment in solar energy. but tomorrow we'll see him in a very different setting at an oil pipeline storage yard in curbing, oklahoma, where he'll deliver remarks about a new pipeline there that will bring oil to the gulf of mexico. tomorrow's visit highlights the fact that a part of transcanada corp.'s keystone pipeline is being approved. and larry, the southern part of the pipeline is being built in spite of the president, not because of him. you can bet they'll call the president's appearance tomorrow nothing more than a photo op. this is going to be one of the hottest political issues of the year, larry, given that high gas prices are one area where the republicans think they smell blood in the water with the obama administration going into november. >> all right. i hear you, eamon. thank you very much for the update. >> you bet. >> so what is the impact of the president's fast track permit plan? here to tell us that is cnbc's own sharon epperson. evening, sharon. >> there has been a lot o

and county of san francisco program intended to increase the city's page 5 sfpuc march 13, 2012 development of solar energy. this mla sets forth the terms and conditions under which sfusd will allow the sfpuc to use certain sfusd sites for the purpose of installing, operating, and maintaining solar power projects. >> thank you, commissioners. barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. this will allow my staff and the staff of the unified school district to work together to identify good rooftops that the school district owns to install a solarpv o pv on and provide additional renewables generational resources here in san francisco. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> commissioners? >> i would like to move the item. >> thank you. >> i do have a question. i know that this does not authorize the building of any particular installation. in that eventuality, who winds up paying for the solar? >> the solar installation would be paid for by the puc. it would be owned and operated by gas. the generation from that system would be meters. the school district would pay for the productio

that obama was in boulder city, nev., did in the copper mountain solar facility. during this event, the president outlined his energy strategy. [applause] >> hello, everybody. [applause] good afternoon. everybody, please have a seat. have a seat. it is wonderful to be here. thank you so much. it is great to be in boulder city. a couple people i want to thank for their outstanding work. first of all, our interior secretary, ken salazar, is in the house. [applause] he's the guy in the nice- looking hat. not only does it look good, but it protects his head, because the hair has gotten a little thin up there. [laughter] he is a good-looking guy. >> one of them. one of them. >> one of them. [laughter] that's right. there's the other guy. [laughter] i also want to thank your mayor -- a big supporter of solar energy -- and that's roger tobler, for being here. where's roger? here he is right there. i just met his beautiful daughter. it's great to see you. [applause] i want to thank jeffrey martin, ceo of sempra, and john and kevin, who helped just give me this tour. and b

. >> reporter: the president first paid a visit here to this solar plant in boulder city, nevada, the largest of its kind in the country. and it is home to nearly a million solar panels. here he blasted republicans who he says have favored oil companies over investments in alternative energy. >> the current members of the plat earth society in congress, they would rather see us continue to provide $4 billion, $4 billion, in tax subsidies, tax giveaways to the oil companies. >> reporter: he flew on to another battleground state, new mexico. the president visited an oil and gas field to try to rebutt republican claims he's blocked oil and gas production. but that didn't stop a republican group, run by karl rove, from running these ads in the state's mr. obama is visiting, blaming him for the pain at the pump. >> obama killed a vote to bring oil. >> reporter: with president to arrive in oklahoma to announce new plans to speed up plans for the controversial keystone pipeline, republican mitt romney pounced. >> he's competing the lower half of the keystone pipeline, the one from canada. i'

the president today came to boulder city, nevada to tour the largest solar plant of its kind in america. these nearly one million solar panels power 17,000 homes. it's the kind of picture-perfect backdrop chosen by the white house for the president to takes on republicans who he says don't take the need for alternative energy seriously. >> think about that mindset, that attitude, that says because something is new, it must not be real. if these guys were around when columbus set sail, they'd be charter members of the flat earth society. >> reporter: but republicans note the price of gas has doubled under the president's watch, and today the conservative republican group crossroads g.p.s., began airing tv ads here in nevada, blaming mr. obama. >> then and now. the difference, president obama's administration restricted oil production in the gulf. >> reporter: but the president rejected this today, arguing that the u.s. is drilling at a record pace. >> we're producing more oil right now, here in america, than at any time in the last eight years. any time in the last eight years. we're ope

the city's public art program provided this footage. the eight solarkinetic sculpture won a contest for a climate clock it will show complex mechanisms that govern the earth's carbon cycle, will cost between 15 to 20 build. the city hopes private donors will pay for it. >>> skydiving superstar known as fear less felix had one heck of a view as he jumped from 13 1/2 miles above new mexico. he leaped from an helium balloon and spent eight minutes and eight seconds falling to earth yesterday. this is just his test jump. the 42-year-old daredevil aiming for nearly 23 miles this summer he expects to break the sound barrier. the record is 19 1/2 miles. >> 1960 joe kittinger. >> gentleman what is it you want now, money, a nap? people want -- junk food and fast cars. a company analyzed nearly three billion facebook, twitter and other social media messages searching for the phrase "i want." number one want for women, ice cream. for men, cars. after that, for both it is consumption of things like beer, cookies, cakes, pancakes, chicken and bacon. >> i think baco

he will fly to nevada to store a solar facility and then stop in new mexico and oklahoma city where he will talk about oil and gas production. >> the man charged with killing a transgender woman at a northeast washington bus stop is scheduled to be in court for mental observation hearing today. gary montgomery stabbed the 23- rolled to parker jones as she was headed to a friend's house october 2. jones died at the hospital. investigators have not released a possible motive. >> fairfax county police looking for a man who attacked a student as she was walking home from high school monday afternoon. a 16-year-old girl was walking along pickett road when a man grabbed her neck from behind and assaulted her. they struggled and he eventually ran away. >> it is 57 degrees in germantown. >> still ahead, new developments in the case of a u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. why his lawyer is leaving the country. >> and arlington police chief back peddling on a memo over ticket quotas. >> first another check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. here's a shot of its cherry blo

city, nevada. he will visit a huge solar farm that powered 17,000 homes, and his message is that renewable energy which he has emphasized so much is worth while and can be worthwhile economically and then he is onto carlsbad, new mexico on wednesday where he will visit oil and gas fields on federal land and he will defend himself against republican criticism that he is essentially put the kabosh on drill by using it as a back drop and saying basically, hey, no, i haven't, and then also answering republican calls to drill more which he has done before and saying that if the answer was drilling more to get prices down, then prices would be down since domestic oil production is at an eight-year high. thursday he heads to curbing, oklahoma, his first visit to the state and this is key. this is where the southern half of the keystone excel pipeline will be built. this is him under cutting republican criticism of his delaying of the northern half and then finally on thursday what do you know, john, he heads to ohio, a key battle ground state where he will go to ohio state university and discuss energy relate

solar facility called my backyard. i am ordering a wind farm. it's hormel chilly. obama has a blind spot size of the ozone layer. it's not working. >> bob: the citiests. a lot of things. >> greg: i serve hors d'oeuvres on mine. >> eric: president obama is visiting a solar power plant, generating solar power. largest in america. 17,000 homes it supplies. >> kimberly: how many jobs? >> eric: let me tell you something, we're spending $25 billion. 17,000 homes represent not 1%, or one-tenth of 1%. not 100th of 1%. but 1/100th of 1% of the homes in america. >> bob: what about the electricity cost? it costs money. it's easy to make comments, 17,000. it's all expanding. the infrastructure, and you should know that. >> eric: 130 million homes in america and we have 17,000. >> eric: that is right. >> kimberly: this is not a drop in the bucket. i admire his optimism, way to be a glass half full of solar or algae or whatever. but realistically speaking, even operating at the optimum efficiency, solar and other alternative energy will only account for perhaps, this is a study, if it's working well and it's not. 16% of the total energy demands. >> bob: that is

finally, while the gush of the solar storm images, the maryland science center has something else in store for the city. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ >> today's temperatures were 70 and above throughout the baltimore area. conditions were absolutely gorgeous and the trees are already in full bloom. gorgeous shots of the cherry blossoms where it's always a little bit warm. it looks like we may be in for some storm. >> 0 rain coming hour day -- coming our way. those trees are in getting pollen. >> over 500 today for tree pollen. if you suffer from tree pollen, you are going to feel it. we're keeping an eye on the sun and the folks who monitor these things have been watching the sun spot right there. that what is the one that committed the solar flare. its are arriving today. i will let events that had. it could even reappear in a couple of weeks. th

city and business leaders. this land will be home to a solar farm built not by the government but with private money. ceo of japan tech giant soft bank wants to build enough farms by 2020 to switch off the dependence on nuclear power. they say other nations should not forget japan's mistakes. >> i think the chief lesson is that nuclear power is a very unfor giving technology and requires very stringent regulatory system and excellence in operations and maintenance. and that simply is not a lesson that utilities around the world seem to have absorbed. >> it tells cnn it is aware of a long-term anxiety over nuclear energy particularly from leaders like the vice governor. it is focusing on containing the disaster. a new japanese public which believes it can no longer afford to pay the price for complacency over nuclear energy. >> so will any of those nuclear plants, those reactors that are off line ever come back online? they have to go through rigorous stress tests and meet with community cohesion. so far, andrew, the communities say no. >> even though, kyung, as you said in the introduction to that st

been known to effect gps and oil pipelines as well as knocking out solar panels, tv, radio and phone signals and could cripple entire city power grids. there is one silver lining here. tonight the stargazers could be treated to one heck of a northern lights display as far south as the mid-atlantic states. tyler, i know last night was pretty much a full moon. if you get a clear shot, you might get a treat for sure. >> it was beautiful last night. jupiter and venus up there in the sky. it was gorgeous. i wonder if my onstar's going to work tomorrow. >> maybe not. you never know. >> up next, a milestone three years ago tomorrow the market bottomed and started to turn up. the s&p is up 100% since then. nasdaq up by 130%. is the bull tired? does it still have legs? we'll talk about how to play the market. >>> so let's take a look at the three-year performance of the likes of the russell, s&p mid caps and transports. russell three-year move to the upside 128%. the s&p 400 mid cap 138% and the transports 133%. back in a minute. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 you ge

solar storm can electrify the upper atmosphere. that leads to power surges on the ground. and in the past, surges could be so strong that entire cities would be plunged into darkness. and there could be destruction to the planet's satellites. >> it is taken extremely seriously. we may expect these things to increase. we are already cooperating with the americans on this. president obama signed an agreement early last year. >> there are no reports so far of power failures or communications problems. bbc news. >> today is international women's day, but we think it is worth remarking. women have made huge strides in recent years. in many countries, we are better educated and healthier than men. but that is not true of women in developing countries, where we lag far behind. and the philippines, they rose before dawn to mark international women's day. they had a female president, but they still do not have equal access to health, wealth, and healthcare. macdill so, they rallied. -- and so, the rally. >> despite the risks, these women carry-on. they know they are fighting not just for the rights of their people, but for the rights and free

city, nevada. they focus on renewable energy and uses nearly a million solar panels. later today it is on to an oil and gas production field in new mexico where he touts efforts on drilling. kushing oklahoma is on the southern end of the pipeline and the white house is aware on how vulnerable he is. in a preview of the battle, the gps is going on the air with a hefty buy. both in the market, the president is visiting and hammering the president on gas prices in an ad they call deflect. >> then and now, the difference is president obama's administration is restricted oil production in the gulf. limited development of shale and obama personally lobbied to kill a pipeline bringing oil from canada. instead of helping -- >> at the white house, they put up the deflector shield. >> the president is going politics. >> what is fascinating being this trip is there is no specific piece of legislation that the white house is touting on this trip. this is all an official trip. no official campaign aspect to this. no fund-raisers or anything. it culminates in ohio. the bottom line

cities have been plunged into darkness. and there could be disruption to satellites, which could affect navigation computers and telecommunications systems. >> we are moving toward a solar cycle where these things will increase. we are already cooperating with the americans on this. the prime minister and president obama signed an agreement of cooperation in may last year. >> there are no reported incidents so far of power failures are communications problems. >> today is international women's day. we think it is worth marking. women have made huge strides in recent years. in many countries, we are better educated and healthier than men. but that is not true in developing countries, where we lag far behind. this year, improving the lot of women in four world areas is the focus of today's segment. in the philippines, they rose before dawn to mark international women's day. they have had a female president, but filipino women still do not have equal access to wealth, power, and health care, and so the rally. today, the white house recognized the courage of women all over the world. >> despite the risks they face, despite the hardships they in door, these women carry on. t

solar panels recently and fixed up their front yard. they have not had a homicide in the past five months. a very unusual scene in one of the safest citiesthe south bay. cbs 5. >> when we get more information, we'll pass it along. protesters greeted perez on his latest stop on this historic bay area visit. the world leader spoke to a sold out audience in san francisco. elizabeth cook on perez's message to iran. >> israel's president, perez e spent the last two days meeting with facebook, entertaining. the nobel wasted little time addressing what was on the back of everyone's mind. iran. >> today, iran is the only country that calls for the destruction of israel. denies the holocaust. >> congregation emanuel was packed. treated perez like a rock star. perez first visit to the bay is rooted in public relations. but ruben, who sat in the audience says that's not true. >> the message was so relevant. and so it doesn't really matter. i think it's very important he was here. >> with benjamin sitting with president obama days ago and the president offering this statement. >> united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel s

city of richmond.. upping the ante. the new reward... to catch vandals o damaged a new elementary sc. and shaking up the earth's magnetic field. a solarm... traveling at 4- million-miles an hour. how it could throw off your cell phone or g-p-s device. join us for cbs 5 early edin ... beginning at 4:30. pacifica police shoot and ka ,,,, >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. d.c., partly sunny, 72 degrees. partly sunny, 71 in atlanta. morning rain, 53 in detroit. cloudy, 39 in denver and mostly sunny, 54 in seattle. >>> just a little more than a week left in winter, but already the national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced this was one of the warmest winters on record in the u.s. temperatures are on the rise from the rocky mountains to the east coast. in fact, next week's temperatures could even set new records. forget spring, it feels more like summer in grapevine, texas. this time of year, the average temperature is around 60 degrees. today, it will be nearly 80. across the u.s., many are frolicking in this mild snowless winter, the warmest in nearly a decade and the fourth warmest on reco