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when you finsomething this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love chex! . >>> welcome back, we just received dramatic video in the parking holt of arnold drive. witnesses said several cars were damaged by this and no word on if anybody had been hurt and we called the contra costa fire department to get more information. stay tuned to ktvu channel 2 news and we will bring you more updates later. >>> happening today, leyland yee begins what could be a long court battle and he is expected in court this morning. brian flores is in san francisco with more and what -- more on what could happen today. >>> state senator leyland yee is expected to arrive here at the courthouse in san francisco and his attorney says likely not be in trouble for campaign contributions and conspiracy for traffic homes. he has not stepped out for quite some time voters went overwhelmingly for the state senate and he withdrew his name and among the globing list of politicians asking him to fully resign, it is a among married lee. and he should not make that a determine nation to

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when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love caused on the east coast. right now there are some delays are reagan national airports as well as delays in philadelphia with several inches of snow. federal offices are closed down today. watching the weather back east. here's james fletcher. >>: will star with our national forecast. from florida all the way up to maine rain down their florida but winter weather as we head toward the mid- atlantic station. washington d.c. sea breeze. a record 6 in. of snow for yesterday. but at a possible one to upward of 10 and is today. most of that will fall before 2:00 this afternoon so this is going to be really hard morning storm system that should be impacting drivers right now. you're watching that tear and the bay area of course. it's not going to be impacting us other than a dry cold front pushing through and that will bring our temperatures down in a little bit from the highs and georgia over the weekend. right now read the upper forties to low 50s generally. we have a cool 46 in napa righ

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when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we lovex! >>> sue hall live in the abc traffic center. you're looking at a live shot of 80, berkeley westbound direction, emeryville westbound direction, multi-vehicle accident. chp just on scene with flares there. the left lanes are blocked. we're looking at five cars here. there's another car to the right -- on the right-hand shoulder. cars are getting by here. but once the tow trucks and so forth arrive, you can imagine lanes -- more lanes being shut down. again, westbound 80 just before the maze and emeryville area. this is going to really mess up east shore commute this morning. matt, kristen. >> thank you, sue. you may be eligible for a cut of a settlement reached with a computer chip company. people can file claims with major manufacturers of dram computer chips. companies face claims of price fixing. anyone who bought a computer printer, video game console or bought a device between 1998 and 2002 can file a claim for up to $1,000. we have a link to the claim form on our website, abc7n

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we lovervative political acti conference... or c-pac straw poll. >>> senator rand paul came out on top of the annual conservative political action conference straw poll. more than 40% of the attendees in the conference picked paul. the kentucky senator's second consecutive win at the event. historically though as you can see is the poll is not accurate in telling who will actually win the republican nomination. >>> sarah palin spoke yesterday there as well. she entertained the crowd with her own version of "green eggs and ham." >> i do not like this uncle sam. i do not like this health care scam. i do not like this buy-in ma'am, i do not like this oh yes we can. i do in the like this kind of hope and we won't take it nope, nope, nope. [ laughter ] [ cheering and applause ] >> palin says she was inspired by senator ted cruz reading of the original story, you may remember during a filibuster last year. >>> vp candidate on "face the nation" paul ryan. he tells bob schieffer his plans for 2016, a

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the law. hampton pearson has more. >> reporter: outside the supreme court, early spring snow didn't dampen theusiasm of those on both sides of the constitutional challenge to the so-called contraceptive mandate in the affordable care act. women's rights activists begging justices to uphold the obamacare requirement that employers provide birth control coverage at no extra charge. faith groups supporting the challenge from two family-run businesses that offering contraception violates their religious beliefs. the owners of oklahoma retail giant hobby lobby with 600 scores and 13,000 employees are facing $100 a day fines that could cost the business $475 million a year for not providing contraception coverage. the firm is among at least 50 for-profit corporations nation-wide claiming a religious fais exemption from the health care law. >> anytime the government is telling you, your option is to pay a fine instead of practice your religion, that's a substantial burden. and what congress said and what the first amendment says is that religious freedom, not being fined by the government, not being

the economy. here's hampton pearson. >> reporter: despite the harsh winter weather nation-wide, that kept more than 7 million workers at home for at least part of the month, employers stepped up hiring. job gains beat forecasts by 46,000, renewing hopes that jobs and growth could accelerate this year. >> obviously we were somewhat upset by the polar vortex. but i think that this reaffirms that grow pattern, that in fact not only is the economy growing but it's accelerating. >> reporter: for those with jobs, average hourly pay was up 9 cents to just over $24 an hour. it's the biggest monthly gain in eight months. with hourly wages up 2.2% in the last 12 months, ahead of the inflation rate. but labor secretary tom perez says we can do better. >> real wages are up slightly. but way too many people are still working hard and falling behind. we've seen productivity since 1980 or so has gone up over 90%, real wages have gone up something like 3%. >> reporter: even the increase in the unemployment rate to 6.7% was a good thing. it went up because more people began looking for work. carmax, the nation's la

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love. >>> we're back. it is a moment of terror for southern california high school students as a stage collapses. take a look at the new video. it shows the rally. an estimated 250 students from a visiting school are on school at the same time performing a skit when the floor gives way. audience members rushing to help out. officials say some 30 to 40 people fell through the stage. they were rushed to the hospital. most of the injuries are minor. none is life-threatening. as scary as this was for parents to witness, police say it could have been a lot worse. >>> police arrested over 60 people at the barny blowout near the university of massachusetts campus. 4 officers suffered minor injuries in the process. police had to use pepper spray to clear a cloud of students. universities say students might be expelled. most have been charged with disorderly contact. >>> coming up, political analysts join me to talk about the latest in ukraine. stay with us. here's a live look outside of san franci

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we lovefive years ago, u-s stk markets plunged to levels n seen in more than a decade. ess analyst stays this weekend marks an ominous anniversary. >> five years ago u.s. stock market plunged to levels not seen in more than a decade. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with the lessons we have learned since then. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> we have come a long way since 2009. >> reporter: i hate to bring you back there but it's incredible. the dow was at 6547 back on march 9 of 2009. the s&p 500 at 676. it was the lowest level for the s&p since september of 196. nasdaq was at 1268. that's a far cry from the 5,000 level of the year 2000. right? since then, markets have charged higher. s&p 500 shot up just about over 175%. if you include dividends, returns have more than tripled. >> are we better investors after going through the bear market? >> reporter: oh, i wish i could tell you that but not according to morning star. they regularly review our performance resu

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the president also appointed the first woman to head the service, julia pearson. >> it really is sad to into the atlantic with hurricane-force winds. it lashed cape cod, nantucket, martha's vineyard with up to ten inches of sideways blowing snow. it's being felt strongly all the way up to the canadian maritimes. again, hurricane-force winds. >>> still ahead for us this evening, caught on camera. the spectacular rescue seen around the world by now. tonight for the first time we hear from the man on the ledge and the firefighter who came forward to save his life. >>> and later an nbc news exclusive. we're there for an adventure at the bottom of the world. prince harry's mission to help wounded warriors. >>> tonight thanks to this view from a security camera we can now see what happened at chicago o'hare when an eight-car subway train crashed into the end of the platform, rammed into an escalator early monday morning. federal investigators said today the operator of the train admitted she dozed off before the accident and had fallen asleep at the controls once before. there were over two

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when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we loveto spread the word. [♪] >>> 8:23. yikes, still winter in parts of the east coast. for of the fifth time in the past couple of months, federal offices in washington, d.c. closed because of this -- parts of west virginia could get up to 10 inches of snow. drivers back east are being warned about heavy snow and frost. they are being advised to stay off the road if they can. people back there are hoping, it's the last big winter storm. >>> down the lane. kicks it back out. thompson for the lead. >> the warriors were ridiculous, tori. curry, thompson led the warriors back. they won last night beating portland. 113-112. one point! they combined for 64 points. 51 of those points came in the second half. >> boy, they make it exciting. >> and even more exciting march maddness is underway. the ncaa tournament field has been set. [ cheers ] >> a nice cheer there. the cardinal is the number 10 seed in the south region. they will open against 7th seeded new mex coat on friday in -- next co on frida

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we loveose to 80 degrees inland. 77 in the tri-valley. meanwhile comfortable conditions today in the north bay. 77 for you, and 73 right in oakland, comfortable on the east shore. peak warmth in the next few days. and take a look at this trend. we drop those numbers off and we bring in rain next week. here is mike. >>> a very slow drive for 880 southbound through fremont. we will show you the area. speed sensors showing up for north of the dumbarton bridge and into fremont and milpitas. and the rest of the bay moves pretty smoothly, but i did give you a warning. cal trans back up on service. they had a computer problem and capital quarter service after someone was hit on the tracks. we're tracking details on that, peggy. >> a lot going on. thank you, mike. another local news update for you in half an hour. have a great wednesday. >>> welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning. march 19th, 2014, i'm tamron hall along with al and natalie. willie has the day off. and something caught our

callers claim to be with the irs are targeting tax filers, demanding immediate payment for overdue taxes. and a lot of people are falling for it. hampton pearson has more. >> reporter: with the april 15th tax deadline a little more than three weeks away both the irs and the top treasury department troubleshooter are warning taxpayers about what they say is the largest ever telephone fraud scam. more than 20,000 taxpayers in nearly every state in the country have collectively paid over $1 million to telephone scammers and con artists in recent months. individual claiming to be irs agents on the phone demanding debit card payments or a wire transfer. the scammers threaten their victims with arrests, deportation, or loss of their driver's license if they refuse to pay. the irs says its first contact with people about unpaid taxes is usually by mail, not the telephone. and no one from the irs asks for payment using a prepaid debit card, wire transfer and does not take credit card numbers over the phone. if you owe taxes or think you may owe federal taxes, hang up and call the irs at 800-829-1040. >> this is the second time in the last six months t

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we lovecome back. we are tracking a new accident in san mateo. south on highway one on one just past the 92 interchange. a truck and vehicle tried to emergence of the same, a kron4 of your stated that this is a big rig accident that is blocking one or it is two lanes. the traffic is backing up. i will have a for a complete check coming up. >> new this morning. this is the latest of viral story that has been trending on kron 4. in new jersey, a teenager is so when her parents for tuition and cash. rachel canning who is an honor student and cheerleader at morris catholic high school in new jersey says that her parents abandoned her when she turned 18 and that she wants him to finish paying for her private high school tuition. her father, who is a former police chief, tells a different story. he says his daughter ran away in november because she did not want to obey the house rose. >> she only has a minor chores and there is a curfew. >> rachel says that she did not run away but was given the op

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we loveod looking day shaping up. still cold and it's going to be until about 11:00 a.m. after that you will start to feel that warm up. temperatures come up by five to eight degrees. offshore flow kicks in in the next couple days. we'll start to drop you off at the end of the week with showers returning for tuesday and wednesday of next week. >>> a very tough tuesday this morning. we're just starting to see traffic start to loosen up north 101 nort of 680. 101 must be another crash in in the last few minutes. a slow drive continues across the dumbarton bridge. we see some recovery from northbound 880 through oakland. we'll get you back to "the today show." ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to "today" on this tuesday morning, march 18th, 2014. i'm natalie morales along with al roker and tamron hall. willie has the day off. and, you know, we've been following this great, you know, obviously a lot of people getting their acceptance letters and some, sadly, their rejection letters. >> we're going to look on

. >> guest: drew pearson was the--the matt drudge of the--of the--of the--of the '40s, a radio commentator and newspaper columnist, a kind of glorified gossip columnist, really, and he and mccarthy crossed swords a number of times on--on issues. pearson was, like a lot of liberal anti-communists, outraged by mccarthy's charges against the truman administration and against the democratic party, saw them as wildly reckless--which a lot of them were, of course--and they became bitter, bitter personal enemies, and... c-span: drew pearson and jack anderson were... >> guest: that's right, were... c-span: ...were teammates... (unintelligible)... >> guest: ...were teammates, were teammates, and anderson worked for pearson, really sort of learned his--learned the trade. c-span: what's the slap story? >> guest: the slap story is that they went to a dinner hosted by a leading washington hostess, who decided that it would be--i guess--decided it would be fun to put these two bitter personal enemies side by side at the same table, and after a series of bitter exchanges at the--

. >>> a rare show of bipartisan support in the senate its giving hope to the nation's long term unemployed. hampton pearson joins us now from washington with more. what deal, hampton, did the senate agree to and what are the chances that it's going to pass? >> reporter: well, tyler, first of all late this afternoon there was a bipartisan group of ten senators announcing an agreement to reauthorize long-term unemployment benefits for five months. and if passed by both houses and signed by the president, those benefits woulden paid retroactively back to the end of the year when they expired. an estimated 2 million americans have lost those emergency unemployment insurance coverage. the key sticking point in breaking a political logjam all along has been how to pay for the extension. this agreement does that by extending some customs fees that were part of the recent budget deal and also making some changes in federal pension programs. now fact that it is a bipartisan agreement is the key to getting past of course that 60-vote filibuster-proof threshold that you always have to deal with in the senate. now the

i don't normally eat -- >> "today" on nbc. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.. and there's seven to choose from. like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. i tell them "you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex!" i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love chex! ♪ >>> we want to thank al and kathie lee out in l.a. for sobering up just long enough. >> really. >> you think you've heard everything from kathie lee and al, you have not. hope you saved some for the big show. did you? >> the big show. >> i'm on the way to the airport. kathie lee is staying. >> and i'm aging and bloating. >> oh, wow. >>> plus jenna bush hager. after your local news and weather. what is focus? it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, and knocking it out of the park... it's getting in the zone... it's keeping on your toes... on target... on top... foc

when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we lovell attracting hot spots. there is a stalled a big rig. the drive time from san leandro should be about 20 minutes. it will take you at least a half an hour. >> the cost of living in the bay area is on the rise. the report released today from the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the greater san francisco bay area rose 1.2%. energy prices, pacifically gasoline, account for a portion of the increase, rising 3.5 percent over the past two months. food prices rose only 0.2%. an index measuring all items other than food and energy rose 1.2%. >> second closer look at guess prices. the current average price for a gallon of regular gas has passed a $4 mark in san francisco. aaa daily fuel gauge report shows that the average price of gas now is $4.20. san jose the gas is $3.95. it is $3.92 in oakland. all those prices are up for since summit week ago. >> coming up line >> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> pedestrians should not be