leakers fear what the government might do to them and a new update on the hacker who is taking on sony after a court ruling anybody who obtained information on how to hack the playstation three is now going to have their ip addresses sent directly to sony so we're going to bring you all the latest on this attack on your privacy and it's a new face to the american dream thought of the days of owning a home with a white picket fence it's now replaced by people forced to pay rent on the after month year after year so we'll take a closer look at the new housing market and the dying roles of fannie mae and freddie mac. and some states are pushing for new regulations on voters details on what some voters are now going to have to show in the upcoming elections and i will ask if this is a sign of a republican war on voters in america we'll get to the bottom of that issue and a lot more in tonight's show but first let's move on to our top story. libya's future remains up in the air as violence and unrest persist and as pressure for some kind of u.s. reaction is ratcheted up rebel leaders contin

for the past several years, sony's mlb the show has delivered a diamond that shines. the nuances of major league baseball are met with a legitimate feel for how a game unfolds. a new feature this year is an interactive home run derby. game developers conference in san francisco from sony showed us what to look for at the plate. >> a lot of curveballs, a lot of fastballs. you want to pay attention and really swing hard. if you swing kind of like soft, you're not going to hit it very far. >> and the $1 million perfect game challenge is back. you can use any starter, not just ones who have thrown perfect games. it has a wider reach because it goes beyond the play station realm and beyond the wii and xbox 60. we suggest taking in the show. either way, you can go deep and enjoy the great game. >> virtual or otherwise, spring training coverage continues on comcast sportsnet bay area.

nintendo and sony are adding to their lineups this year with new cob sols. now they are finding themselves up against new competition in the industry. emily wang reports. >> reporter: it's been more than six years since nintendo's release of its portable game device and fans have been waiting since the early-morning hours to get their hands on this new game. as the name suggests, the latest edition is a device equiped with 3-d screens. >>> translator: it feels like there's a different world right here. >>> translator: i think it is going to bring a new way of playing games. >> reporter: sony is also set to release a new portable game device later this year. the console will have access to 3-g cell phone networks, a first for these devices. but as the head of sony computer entertainment acknowledges, the industry is changing fast. >>> translator: we're at a point in time today where technological innovation has made it possible to play games on multipurpose mobile devices, such as mobile phones, smart phones or tablet pcs. >> three major social network compan

. >>> also some sony -- sony movevies through apple's itune store have extra features.ony says users can search scenes by typing into their computers. you can check what songs are in the movie and get a link to buy the songs. sony says this will invees cease the value and make them collective. >>> london is starting to get into the spirit as the wedding date gets close to the 50-day mark. people can toast to the couple's big day with terrorisms that have been named after the special couple. >>> the top 13 finalists on "american idol" are planning to take the stage. we're used to hearing them sing but the contestants showed us some of their unique talents. >> wow. all right, two contestants from northern california are among the 13 finalists they are 22- year-old james did you lin of santa cruz and 16-year-old -- james did you lin of santa cruz and 16-year-old young lady from mountainhouse. you can watch it live here. >>> moyer today about the very unusual 911 call that came from a burglar while the criminal was the one to call cops. >>> and the new, free tool designed t

klim clijsters the belgian racking up career victory number five hundred in the third round of the sony ericsson open class to sing off maria martinez sanchez in three sets six four four six six three how it finished up along the world number two to advance to the next stage despite thirty nine on forced irish and ten double faults the two time miami champion takes on serve on the evanovich next plasters one this trillion open up the beginning of the year for runs. over the men's side of things novak djokovic screws past home hero james blake defeating the american six two six love the world number two in stunning form of late in a step closer to its fourth title twenty eleven it's the best start to a season since even lendl had a twenty five zero run in. i found that fast rising mardy fish also took care of richard gas k. in the third run the last american clear remaining in the draw wrapping up a six four six three win in front of his home crowd setting up a meeting my wanting martin del potro after the argentinian knocked out the fourth seed robin soaring of sweet. russian basketball

clijsters brings up with number five hundred following victory over maria martinez sanchez of the sony ericsson. let's get going with the concept of hockey league playoffs where atlanta just can't seem to put a foot wrong in the semifinals there on her old inside from just outside the capital storming to a three nothing lead over luck motif on sunday meaning their knowledge just one win away from the league decider constantine to top off watch the action unfold. atlanta returned from yasser in an decidedly positive mood after winning two way matches and the full house in the expected more as the moscow region side began game three this encounter crucial full committee of the as no club had ever come from behind after losing their first three matches just four minutes in and out one had the noses in front young some mark in the sport and the czechs and the back into the top corner on the powerplay we're going to have it be a dazed and the house julie took advantage doubling their lead at the end of the opener. faking us to defenseman to make it to nothing with a powerful slipshod again

this is what is coming up flying in florida is one of the all the jointer rabbit in the semi's at the sony ericsson open. while india down close rivals pakistan to reach the final of cricket world cup. lympics we catch up with russia's snowboarding clean to shape. the start with a shot tennis defending champion kim clijsters knocked out of the sony ericsson open quarter financed by victoria as a rank in c. section she'll next play rushes there is one of the over who defeated poland's agnes could advance into the sets of only over taking the first seven five but the second was much more comfortable pleasing breezing through it six danged iterate wrapping up the win in an hour and thirty five minutes to join fellow russian rachel rapidly in the last ball she plays and be picked to beach near the semi after american man she was on call over three hours ago manny's alexander. to. fall in behind after losing the first set six three betrayed twenty five spirits take the next two on a tie breaker by the former number one turned around playing the final step and carried on through the afterward sa

the courts yes she was tough work in miami on the day but she's still there in the semifinals of the sony ericsson open almost a year all this and she's won a tournament long overdue more not coming up in just a sec. good to have your company this is sports today i mean really let's take a look at our headlines this hour. not over yet slackening t. fight back in the cage shell west finals against outlands on truth in night but then i must win all three remaining games to take the series. on track world cup finalists spain and the netherlands keep their perfect record intact in europe twenty twelve qualifying. on morrison in miami maria sharapova survived a three and a half hour battle against alexander jewel grew to make the sony ericsson open seventy five. let's get going on the ice red lines have missed the opportunity to make a concept a hockey league run finals the moscow region i fit will have further chances to do just that but it's a lot more t.v. although savile who now have the initiative in the western conference decider constantine to top off watch this one for us. we're aiming

are the headlines flying in florida is one of the all the joints are up about in the semi's of the sony ericsson open. while india down close rivals pakistan to reach the final of cricket as well top. and the limping dream of a snowboarding queen we head to the slopes to catch up with rushes to dig a show about. the first russia's bid as one of the all the has joined has reached the last for the sony ericsson open in florida after two sets when i wagner's get advance care although it was a shock to see for defending champion kim clijsters nor not in a moment but first of all of the over continues to carry about her good form from last season taking the first set against the france the seventy five and then pleasing to the second six thanks to three wrapping up the win now thirty five minutes of next replay it was a wrench the better russian getting past defending champ in crises. she did it easily to taking both sets six games to three classes has been struggling with a shoulder injury since winning a sprightly night and at the start of the year but as rank i always thought she was dang

are japanese now take a look at this center opposed to advertising from top to bottom you can see sony c.d.k. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the us i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone are things that you're by sony and with a nuclear disaster there's no telling what the toy will be on but the manufacturing of companies like this also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and the status of the made in japan label would be concerned about like televisions components that might carry the radio active materials. and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow and this is already near zero growth rate and if it does that it's going to have bigger effects internal to japan and globally we don't know exactly what those are but the. potentially quite significant fignon figure because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops in cars rely on a poxy computer chips for auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consensual w

slightly lower quality over quantity rather but in the sun these are the sony ericsson open. while the indian time i was pakistan to reach a final of cricket world cup. and believe it dream other snowboarding queen we head to the slopes to catch up with russia's true because your. first russia's beard is one area of a has reached the last four of the sony ericsson open in florida after a two sets win over agnes could advance go although it was a shock defeat for defending champion kim clijsters and more on that in a moment but first one of the over continues to carry over heard with all from last season the world number three taking the first set against advance this seven five breezing through the second six games to break wrapping up the winning an hour and thirty five minutes she would play victoria as the rain came next the better russian getting past offending champ kim clijsters and should give it a was only thing taking place set six against the great clijsters has been struggling with a shoulder injury since winning is truly and i started the about as a raincoat i alw

flying in florida is only overjoyed in the semi's of the sony ericsson open. india down rivals pakistan to reach the finals of cricket world cup. and even pick three of us snowboarding queen we had to decide to catch up with rushes to take a shit about. the first rush is viewed as one of the all that has reached the last four of the sony ericsson open in florida after a two sets win over agnes could advance get although there was a shock defeat the defending champion kim clijsters and more on that in a moment but first one of the over continues to carry over her good form from last season the world number three taking the first set against france's seven five losing to the second six games to break wrapping up the women and thirty five minutes to get tori as the internet. but a russian getting past the fending challenge implies is and she did it easily seeing taking place set six games to for a crisis has been struggling with the shoulder injury since winning the strain open the start of the year but there's a rank up. i know i think you know she came you neve

walls of five years that is he will leave home like the un forces which of tons and spondee about sony's play to suppose he wants. washington. so we go through star minister about peace prospects in libya but the energy in that multiculturalism in europe also debate next. except. he can spin their leg they are strained foreign minister thank you very much for being with us today to better so we gratian is there a big topic why do you think austrian people are so sensitive about immigration nation of course we have had to resist immigration in austria for a long time but if you have a look at the last ten years you can see the number of immigrants in greece and a lot because of the balkan wars and lot of refugees came to austria. and also from turkey we are for a lot of for immigrants coming to austria having expectations from healthy europe at the lights and on the other hand you can see that austrians don't have so many children so this is more or less the problem where we are it's a moment that we have to recognize as austria that we will have of course a lot of immigrants also in the

last ground reaching its lowest level until weeks against the dollar some exporters like toyota and sony have holding their operations and insurers are also hit hard japanese quake and aftershocks to europe and russia where in the says are shedding losses we see rice and oil stocks going down before they were a little. and the reason is that we're seeing all decline out of the thousand refineries shut processing plant so as you see the impact of the quake are the economy in that country it's quite significant k.k. and i'm very anxious for how events in japan are affecting our the world's markets will get more from the business report a little later in the hour for now. well let's get some expert opinion now from denethor he is but also use the director of the international seismological center in london for us this is your take on many years of being with us here on arsinoe as a seismologist can you say why such a massive quake was not predicted. well production over school excuse. it's not an operational matter although everybody believes that the these are neutral. we got from mark fro

golf miami nice verizon the roy that joins maria sharapova in the semifinals of the sony ericsson open. and to strike back you can blab about how the two outs of football and fighting have learned to live together in coldly in china. but first i saw the and lance are on the verge of booking a berth in the maiden guarin cup finals as the team from the muster region are former finalists look i'm a chief in the playoffs i lands are three one up in the best of seven series and are leaving by two goals to move in this one with the clock ticking down it's like nine to one foot in the decider well over in the eastern conference some about to lie about you so one thing the finals are meant for taking a three one lead in their contest against mr burns day was how this one finished gets just cause love grabbing the first and second period and it's in the spirit of the piece of the spring semester so sad about some of the chance to knock it off on friday. and we want a managerial merry go round has begun for the clubs no longer the golden bells it's got moscow outside it's like about coach abuse

i did a job for sony for alicia keys, you know, so... >> hinojosa: and when you say you "did a job,"es that mean? >> it means that, you know, these... for instance, sony and dreamworks had books that they want to turn into films, so they needed someone to adapt them. >> hinojosa: oh! >> and because i had adapted a book, they figure, "well, he's good at that," and so they called me to do those jobs. >> hinojosa: and so how long does it take to adapt a book to a screenplay? >> yeah, it depends, you know? some books are easier than others. i had been adapting on the road, the kerouac novel classic. and i think i've been working on that for about three years now, you know? some things are harder. the... i did the brief, wondrous life of oscar wao, which... >> hinojosa: which is another.... just because you said it kind of quickly and people are like... the brief, wonderful life of oscar wao from the pulitzer prize-winning author junot díaz... >> right. >> hinojosa: ...about the dominican reality-- dominican republic, immigrants... >> right. >> hinojosa: hugely popular book. people love t

i noticed even our camera and my my clip or my microphone are banks are by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what they're told will be on both the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and the status of the made in japan label that would be concerned about like televisions. and it might carry the radio active materials to be owners for a long time and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow this is dragged down an already near zero growth rate in japan if it does that it's going to have bigger effects internal to japan and globally we don't know exactly what those are but they're potentially quite significant significant because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops in cars rely on a poxy computer chips for auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching than the radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york from a helicopter but for m

the send time the judge has given sony freedom to stop a hacker.e has a special code allowing people to run free game it's on their playstation. earlier the judge said sony could look at the man's server records. civil rights groups are upset. the privacy concern here is absolutely innocent people could get ensnared in the case, if you bought something and paid through paypal or visited the site on accident, would that mean you had done something wrong? that's the big legal question. >> very interesting. thanks, scott. >>> meantime, tiger woods has not been happy with the way he's playing golf these day, but he was all smiles and a little nervous laughter during his first late-night appearance in more than a year and a half. he was on "late night with jimmy fallon" woods answering tough questions about his lackluster golf performances. >> thanks for having me. >> a year and a half since you were on our show. >> yeah. >> what have you been up to? >> ah, nothing. nothing. [ laughter ] playing bad golf. >> playing bad golf. yeah. at least he admits it

the people won't at warner brothers, sony they're saying let's do face book, it has one of 12 peoplethe plan has signed up for the service. suddenly wonder brothers is distributing and thailand and areas they haven't ever distributed to. i've been since the beginning of the and for next let's put down the road it will have to be acquired by somebody. amazon and facebook and h p o canal constrain movies. everybody can copy it's nothing special. the downside is face book is only on these things laptops. he basically stream movies, and that fox had needs a big old screen. you want high definition, it will die quickly bought this is one of the shops across the hour we will remember. >>catherine: those distributors really have all the power don't they? >>rob: every now and then distribution becomes more important but down the road content always wins. >>catherine: ok rob will be back to answer more of your e-mail's. we will be right back with more news, weather and traffic in a few moments.. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your saving

sony and to toshiba have temporarily closed len allergic conclude electric tropic -- electronic plants, and now japan is dealing with an erupting volcano. it's spewing ash and rock. it's in southern japan, fair -- far away from the quake zone. japan and our own west coast both lie on the ring of fire, an arc of seismic which i active zone. we have much more ahead on the impact of the earthquake and tsunami in japan, including the passengers leaving sfo for japan today, despite a travel warning by the state department. and the efforts to salvage >> alan: the state departmentes urging americans not to go to japan, the state department said americans should avoid tourism and other unnecessary visits for now. at san francisco international airport we caught up with several people catching a flight into the city of osaka which was not impacted. many were james residents or had family in japan. >> i've been looking online for a couple of friend and that's reassuring. when you live in japan, you get used to the earthquakes, but nothing like this. >> my parents actually the biggest earthquake

. >> sony, the electronics giant, says they have closed six locations. toyota has shut three of its power plants. the japanese ports are closed. in currency dealings, the yen has risen in value. markets reckon that japanese companies will have to repatriate funds from abroad to pay the repair bills at home, which means they will need to purchase yen. crude prices fell sharply. the unrest in libya had pushed the price to its highest level in two and a half years. now, oil traders are more worried about impacted temporary paralysis in the world's third largest economy. >> a reminder of our main news, japan warning that radiation could leak from two nuclear power plants affected by the earthquake. pressure is rising at reactors in two plants which are about 150 miles northeast of tokyo. tens of thousands of people within a 6 mile radius have been ordered to leave their homes. there is a state of emergency and force. there is no immediate threat to health. japanese officials say they believe more than 1000 people have so far lost their lives. huge tremors co

toshiba, sunny, and a touchy -- sony, and hitachi are all located away from the center of the quake,but many have had to stop production. clean room laboratories are completely dust free and cost millions to build. these labs now to -- not need to be checked and tested. that could mean months of mass production. analysts expect a major price increase on the worldwide market for computer chips. >> the events in japan could affect u.k. interest rate policy. japan's problems could continue -- could cause another global economic slowdown. the european central bank may postpone anticipated rate hikes in the coming months. jean-claude tree shea signaled an increase in the record low interest rate was likely in april 2, rising inflation in the eurozone. portugals borrowing cost rose on wednesday after a debt auction drew only moderate demand. the government believes it is down to the opposition's refusal to back the latest austerity plans. the yield on bonds increased to four with 3% amid concerns the country would have to read it to 4.3% amid concerns the got-- the yield on bonds increased

sony, the country's largest consumer electronics exporter has already ceased production at eight of its factories. >> and japanese shares tumbled monday on the first day of trading after the first day of trading after the earthquake hit the country's northeast. the nikkei session was down more than 6% monday. carmakers an insurance companies were among the leading decliners. the bank of japan injected over $130 billion euros into the financial system but couldn't stop the sell-off. only industrial and construction companies gained on hopes this he will be in demand once japan starts rebuilding. >> and europe's main stock markets also closed lower monday amid concern that the earthquake and tsunami could derail the economic recovery. our correspondent has more on how investors reacted in frankfurt. >> it's very difficult to put a disaster like that into numbers and share prices, but of course at the stock market, exactly this has to happen, so the investors looked at japan through the drewman point of view. german exporters are not hit too hard. insurers are hit hard. shares of insurance

reconstruction, nissan plans to restart production at five of its six japanese plants this week, while sonyays one of its plants in northern japan could be open within days. >>> back at home, reports on housing, gross domestic product and durable goods orders are and due this week as well as research in motion, oracle, and best buy. >>> over the weekend, boeing put its newest and largest passenger plane to a successful flight test.ç >>> the average price of regular gas jumped another seven cents over the past two weeks to $3.57 a gallon. >>> and finally, in a recent survey of the best u.s. cities to find a job, minneapolis has taken the top spot. based on its low unemployment rate and cost of living. number two spot goes to the texas capital of austin. >>> well, march madness whittles down to crunch time with upsets galore. including marquette mashing up the orange men. your sports headlines straight ahead. >>> the roller coaster ride known as march weather continues with rain and unfortunately snow in the forecast. your monday forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good

. >>> some sony movies sold through apple i tunes are now available with extra features. sony says you can search for actors or bits of dialogue by typing terms into the computer. they can also check what songs are used in the movie and get a quick link to buy the music. the new features increase the value of digital movies making them more collectible. >>> time now 5:50. newly released census information shows the changing face of california. the 2010 census numbers show california's population increased 10% since the year 2000. here in the bay area the county with the largest population increase by far is contra costa county up 10.6%. santa clara county is next with a 5.9% increase. >> 70 years ago we had a population of about 100,000. we're now a million people in contra costa county. >> most of california's population growth over the last ten years is due to increasing numbers of latinos and asians. in the ten years from 2000 to 2010 the number grew by 28%. the number of asians increased 31.5%. you can get more details from the 2010 census at our channel 2 website at

sources say investors bought leading issues such as sony as market sentiment improved after overnight gains in new york. buying momentum remains slow as investors are waiting to see the impact of the nuclear crisis and the rotating blackout measures in japan's economy. >>> and now to currencies on the tokyo foreign exchange. the dollar and euro are moving within a narrow range against the yen on friday morning. the green back is at 80.98-02. and the euro is 114.79-83. standard & poors downgraded portugal's government bonds but the impact of the rating cut was limited as market players had largely anticipated the move. >>> here's a look at the latest long-term interest rates. >>> in other asian markets, hang seng is up by .8%. the key index for major blue chips is up by .8% and the sse composite is up by .4%. >>> and that's all for now in biz. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in other news, the u.s. geological service says a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck myanmar here the thai boerd on thursday night. at least one person has been killed. the quake hit at 1:55 p.m. utc on thursday. the d

her career monday eliminating the world's top player caroline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german ranked twenty third in the world she seen some powerful shots early on with attained serving for the first set cubics see if the much point in style denying wozniacki with a back on winner mind she began to take it step by. second six three she many hours would follow along pick which to take control of the german claiming the decider on the much by six games to three to set up a meeting with the bitch it's petrovich is third quarter final appearance this. i think i still don't believe it's really because i'm quite. relaxed and i'm not really excited so i think that's the best time for knowing that. in there i feel it's still it's still fresh and i'm just trying to you know to. try to forget what happened all to try to you know work it out. i did if maria sharapova meanwhile who progressed into the last it would write such trouble the russian speaking turf would see a string in some of the stews are six four six one how it ended next not for sharapova remainin

over 4000 square feet and i believe the neighborhood met with the zoning administrator and even as sony and administrators calculation appeared to go over 4,000 feet. then there was a back and forth trying to change the numbers. it is clear that goes over 4000 square feet and that should require a conditional use permit. not only that, as they walked up atm college planning concedes requires a conditional use permit that now are trying to change the plans so they don't have to have a conditional use permit. the board of appeals did not buy that and for all of these different reasons, this should be heard by this commission. we also have a facebook page for people to look at. i want to call your attention to another matter. the board of appeals last week, some permits were heard by the on appeal, one by me and one by jeff cooper. in one case, the permit was revoked. in both cases, [unintelligible] so to avoid the opportunity for residents to appeal those permits, there is about 190 permits we estimate. second, in the rush to the equipment up, they did not comply with a number of conditio

her career among the eliminating the world's top player carline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german well she's right twenty third in the world but you can see some powerful structurally all in on with the danes serving for the first said petrovich see if the point in style and nine was mia on winner down the line she went on to take it seventy five. per game and kissed the second set six three. but too many irish followed along type of exchange for all german leaving the decider on the much like sixteenth street free to set up a meeting with the media coverage it's picked up which is third job e.t.a. the final appearance of the season. i think i still didn't believe it's really because i'm quite relaxed and i'm not really excited so i think that's the best time for knowing that it didn't arrive here yet so it's still it's still fresh and i'm just trying to you know. to try to forget what happened all to try to you know work it out. like a day for maria sharapova pressed into the last eight without it's too much trouble the russian to control for steely and s

sony, hond on, toyota, the major auto makers have a lot of factories up in northeastern japan. there's been a range of damage to these companies. so those factories will be kind of knocked out of operation for various amounts of time. fortunately, the northeastern area of japan is very sparsely populated. this is -- if you compare this to the kobe earthquake of 16 years ago, it accounts for a much smaller amount of gdp. >> reporter: what have you learned about the damage to the trainl systems and infrastructure? >> we haven't heard about the damage to the train system which is a major source of transportation here. when you talk about energy, though, it's a whole different ball of wax, and there's a lot of different questions hanging over one or two of japan's nuclear power plants. as you know, japan is one of the leading nuclear energy countries in the world. it has no natural resources so it has to depend heavily on producing nuclear power, and when 11 nuclear power plants go out of commission like now, that means that large blocks of the country, particularly the heavily pop

came close this continues winning with korea victory number of five hundred in the sad round of the sony ericsson open the belgian beating mario san martino sanchez allowing the spaniard to take the second set six point four six and six three prizes advancing despite the nine unforced errors and double faults the two time i mean champion take songs on the yvonne of each next why still hasn't won a title since the australian open and is now hoping to do better than at last week's indian wells question asked by turning the last sixteen. in the men's events nobody cruised home hero james blake defeating the charismatic american six two six love the world number two in stunning form recently moving to make a step closer to its full title in swenson eleven with the best stop to the series season since yvonne lendl's twenty five zero run back in ninety six. anderson on the scale slipped up on the ground beaten by mardy fish the last american player remaining in the door up top a six four six three when confronting the home crowd setting up a meeting with wal-mart and bill poole chock. full of

career and monday eliminating the world's top player caroline wozniacki in the fourth round of the sony ericsson open the german wanked twenty third in the world using some powerful efforts early on on with the dane serving from the first set. of the point in style the line was an iraqi with a back and winner mind she went on to take it seven by wozniacki while she didn't raise her game and clinch the second set six three put too many hours would following package to take control of the german claiming the decider on the march by six games to three to set up a meeting with him again for which it's part of its third w t quarter final appearance of the season. i think i still didn't believe it's really because i'm quite relaxed and i'm not really excited so i think that's the. best sign for knowing that. in their eyes here yet so it's still it's still fresh and i'm just trying to you know. to try to forget what happened all to try to. work it out. i do differ maria sharapova meanwhile do progressed into the last eight without too much trouble the russian taking her fourth seed it's really

toyota, nissan, sony and other companies have been forced to suspend production in the wake of the disaster. a short term delay in production would have little effect but anything longer could affect american companies with close ties to the region. >> there's a lot of materials that come from japan and go to japan. apple for example has a huge market in japan for its products. >> reporter: even before the quake, japan's economy had major issues. its growth has really slowed over the past two decades and they have massive debt problems. just this year, china passed it to become the world's number two economy. >> all right, ashley, thank you for that. joining us live here in new york. we'll be right back. this is the "cbs morning news." >> narrator: "moneywatch" sponsored by vagisil. introducing vagisil wash with odor block. the confident clean. vagisilp introducing wash with odor block. the confident clean. [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. it seems like your l