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at a diagonal, so most of theed parking is across this particular piece of property.here are three owners on this block. myself, nopreservation parties, and the property owners. the people across the street do not care. with a diagonal parking, and people getting out of the car would have to walk behind all of the cars to come around to this rounamp. the edge of it goes right to my property. we already have issues about skateboarders. we have graffiti problems. the junior high-school is about half a block away, so we have dozens of young teenagers coming through. they are issues, but the issue of trying to get onto the sidewalk is and biggest concern. there is a ballet school with people getting in and out of cars with strollers and little children. there are trees along the sidewalk, so there is no access except to go 30 feet one way or the other to get onto the ground. -- on the ramp. it is a shame the owners have to go through lawsuits, but their property was never ada and accessible. the solution would have been inside the building. i spoke to the architect. they

in the public sector, layoffs by state and local governments have theed. the unemployment rate hovered around 9% and has moved down since september, reaching 8.3% in january. new claims for unemployment insurance benefits have also moderated. the decline in unemployment rate over the past year has been somewhat more rapid than might have been expected given that the economy appears to be growing at or below the longer term trend. continued progress in the growth market will need more demand in production. the job market remains far from normal. the unemployment rate remains elevated and long-term unemployment is near record levels and a number of persons working part time for economic reasons is very high. household spending advanced moderately in the second half, boosted by a fourth quarter of vehicle purchases. however, the fundmentals that support spending continue to be weak. real household income and wealth were flat in 2011 and access to credit remained restricts from any poe he poe borrowers -- in the housing sector, affordablity has increased as a

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and world history might have theed be the united states hat not repeal the neutrality laws which gave the president some freedom to intervene on behalf of the tims of natzi aggression in germy. this issue would become much, much more important in a presidential year. 40 after germy does what in the string and summer of 1940? >> invade poland. >> invaded early. then things changed. when they kept across. lightning advantage. this lightning screen advance. they marched into paris by june. a whole new nation of crisis is facing f.d.r. he wasn't neutral. wo woodrow said we'll will now tral in pact or spirit. it's quite clear that germany and its allies welcome a fundamental threat. not only to europe but to latin america. there's no question that fdr wanted the power and ability to aid the victims of aggression. he faced a powerful isolation sentiment into congress and the american congress and a very important isolationist organization known as the america first committee. >> foernl fly across the atlant atlantic. >> that made him? >> famous. >> yeah. he was the great american hero. he w

he's the one that came up with a lot of theed whys for gladys city and her name was gladys bingham and she was in his sunday school class and he was very fond of her and kind of bestowed an honor on her by naming a city for her. when it was originally -- when petillo originally envisioned the city, it was really what he called -- or what could be called an industrial utopia. by the time spindle top came in in 1901 i reich to say there was no more time to be perfect and his other dreams really focused on this manufacturing part. i think that's probably what some people wouldn't realize is even they didn't realize how much oil was under the ground out there. it surprised everybody when it came in. beaumont at that time was rough-and-tumble. so he wanted something that was pristine and clean and that's not what he got in the end, but that's the way it works times. the gas and manufacturing company was the first oil company incorporated in texas and they are still in operation today. they still have interests out in spindletop field and they really put the engine behind trying to search fo

these exhibitions any exchange are terribly important because other peoples as well as americans see theed ed adversaries as evil. there are a lot of people who wanted good and we nevering on niced that. our propaganda more subtle, more effective that way. the russians didn't have things like movies about the americans invading the soviet union. our television affair was full of that stuff. that is what we watched at night. movies of the soviets coming and invading america. so we americans were plenty propagandized. >> i don't know i agree with that. >> i don't agree with that at all. difference of information, george, and i know it well, i know what eisenhower wanted, set up the information agency only outward, he knew what hitler had done, turned inward, he never wanted that, he got smith, they put a bill in congress that only information from the united states government could go out of the country. and as a result, when kennedy was killed and usia made a beautiful film about kennedy to protect overseas, a great human cry that people wanted to see it in our theaters and congress had to

i don't know if conversations with theed secretary of state and secretary clinton or secretary napolitano are of major importance here. but i do know this. after calling the attorney general of the united states six times before the congress, i think the public would have expected that we would have begun to talk about remedy by this time. and, yet, there has been no remedy to give the justice department the tools it needs to prosecute, store purchases or gun trafficking. so here we go again for sixth hearing, mr. attorney general. i want to commend you for the changes you have made. the multiple changes you have made while this matter was unfog coming forward, recognizing full well that until you get the inspector general's report, particularly considering this is the justice department to proceed without due process would be fairly unseemly. you have to understand that when there's an issue like this and it was very important because of the death of an agent, there is an incentive for a committee if you can get ahold of a highly placed government official to call as much as you can beca

they responded and found what appears to be a young male who dead on theed scene. about 45 minutes later, they got another call from firefighters near the scene where and at finding another -- young male on the ground located near a bicycle. police arrived and determined that young man was pronounced dead on the scene. because they happened a few from each other and with same hour, they are looking into whether these could connected. have no information on or suspect information. they are asking anyone who has them a call.o give 5 family members were rushed to the hospital after being to high levels of carbon monoxide. joins us with the latest. >> a few hours ago, authorities a father,mily, mother, and three children apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. another child in this family was treated when authorities discovered high levels of carbon monoxide in the blood. the hospital tried to contact family but was unable to get in touch. when firefighters were called to the home. the amount of carbon monoxide in home was extremely high. the family was flown to .ospital a

koran timely passing has sent to it -- occur hasn'ty passing of theed to the top charts.want to dance with somebody" is the most downloaded track. amazing.y >> coming up, firefighters responded to a.d.c. apartment a gas leak. >> i do not know was there will be closure. >> the man convicted of killing his boss and received his sentence as the victim's family looked on. >> sandusky find out whether he able to visit his grandchildren. that story is next. >> we have been developments in penn state scandal tonight. is now allowed to have extended visitation rights with his grandchildren. a judge ruled that he can visit his 11 grandchildren under their parents' supervision. prosecutors wanted and out of county jury. penn state athletic director once the charges he is facing dropped. he filed motions asking a judge out charges that he juryto the grand investigating the abuse allegations. leaves prosecutors the second witness they need. thatere is no question crazy. has been temperatures are all over the place. just a few traces of snow. >> what is the reason for all of this wack

they burn theed my ninety oil to hammer out the details of the payroll tax extension. we have more now on the deal. kayla, good morning. >> thanks so much joe. it was last night when they finally came to an agreement on the payroll tax renow. they announced the deal which will renew payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for more than 100 million americans. the measure is a top priority for president obama in this election year but has been a sticking point for congressional republicans. yesterday's announcement paves the way for the vote in the house and senate later this week. meanwhile in travg, if you fly southwest, get ready to pay more if you do. the carrier increased fares on nearly every round tripp route by $10 yesterday and southwest isn't alone. jetblue and american airlines raised their fares this week blaming fuel costs. your travel is going to become a lot more expensive. >> as long as the peanuts stay free. >> we'll watch. >> thanks. let's go to tom to take a look at the forecast. we had raynor le rain earlier. >>> heads up. we may get some accumulating s

from her film theed about guard with kevin costner. born into a musical family in newark, new jersey in 1963. her incredible talent was discovered at an early age and signed by a rifta records in 1983. her first two albums brought seven consecutive number one hits, surpassing a record set by the beatles and the bee gees. she went on to become music's most awarded female artist of all time according to the guinness book of world records. six grammys, two emmys, 16 billboard awards and 23 american music awards and named female artistest decade at the soul train music awards in 2000. her career stalled as she struggled with drugs and alcohol and her stormy relationship with singer bobby brown became tabloid. she filed for divorce in 2006. in 2009, a come back. houston released her first studio album in seven years. it debuted at number one on the billboard charts. >> it humbled me and kind of like said okay, i think i want to do this one more time. >> her tour was reportedly plagued with vocal difficulties. her reps blamed an upper respir

he could thread that theed l. >> mitt romney could get out of this in some respects by proposing tax reform, a system that's more fair. anything he were to do that's like that, runs right up against the orthodoxy that's currently strong in the republican party that nobody's taxes should ever go up, which he repeated. until that hammer lock the sort of grover nor quis pledged mentality, he's going to be stuck with this. this is not occurring in a science lab in a vacuum. it's very popular, the public polls well. >> it seems to me he's going to be forced somehow to talk about it. >> he can talk about it, but not in the context of himself. if you're offering a plan, don't apologize. don't look embarrassed. you didn't break the law. it was a coalition of democrats and republicans. >> i made that clear. chuck schumer among them. >> this is about the new york senatorial delegation more than anything else. >> president obama has to be careful here because when you look at the l polling of americans, they don't begrudge anybody their wealth. they like the fact people get wealthy in this coun

he could thread that theed l. >> mitt romney could get out of this in some respects by proposing tax reform, a system that's more fair. anything he were to do that's like that, runs right up against the orthodoxy that's currently strong in the republican party that nobody's taxes should ever go up, which he repeated. until that hammer lock the sort of grover nor quis pledged mentality, he's going to be stuck with this. this is not occurring in a science lab in a vacuum. it's very popular, the public polls well. >> it seems to me he's going to be forced somehow to talk about it. >> he can talk about it, but not in the context of himself. if you're offering a plan, don't apologize. don't look embarrassed. you didn't break the law. it was a coalition of democrats and republicans. >> i made that clear. chuck schumer among them. >> this is about the new york senatorial delegation more than anything else. >> president obama has to be careful here because when you look at the l polling of americans, they don't begrudge anybody their wealth. they like the fact people get wealthy in this coun

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theed you puddles that are building up. be careful as you head out the door. >> the biggest party is under way. people around the world celebrating carnival. in brazil thousands fill the streets and dance to traditional music. celebrations started this weekend lead up to fat tuesday, also known as mardi gras. meantime, in venice, italy, a boat parade was held along the famous canal and a mass costume contest. >> i think we all need carnival. maybe take the show on the road. get out there and put on our king tut outfits. let's find out what's happening outside. >> where do you go to get one of those? good morning. you need more than a king tut outfit to keep you warm throughout the day. it's cold out there. we're only going to stay in the 50s but we're going to jump into the 70s through the midsection of your week so big warm-up on the way. good news is as well, the showers that are subsiding are going to bring a round of good air quality later on today. so breathe it in, open up your windows as we head throughout the day, t

but clearly in theed modern nba this is a first.ntion given to jeremy lin. then of course the story just became phenomenal. he just kept scoring more and more points. he kept winning. he was in new york city. the biggest media market in the country. and so this was a confluence of a number of things that made him a spectacular story. >> quite a recipe for success there. do you have a sense of how his fellow teammates or others in the nba feel about him? >> you know, i can only judge from afar because i haven't been to any of their games. but just looking at the anythings, before jeremy lin arrived at the knicks, the knicks were losing. they seemed to be a team that wasn't having a lot of fun going through the season. and all of a sudden jeremy lin comes and he infuses excitement not only in the arena but with the team and you see them just bumping and high fiving and everybody has got smiles on their faces but i think he's become kind of an infectious personality not only with the knicks but in the league. everybody is talking about

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mitt romney you are theed his focus to issues like religious freedom. >>> meanwhile, the president is is urging donors to support a democratic superpac, despite the president's criticism of those groups in the past. >>> and overseas, heavy machine gun fire heard in the city of holmes, syria. ground zero in that country's devolving civil war. russia's top diplomat arrived this morning. >>> and a dramatic scene in athens, greece. tear gas is being fired at hundreds of people. they're protesting the massive cuts in government spending ordered because of the country's debt crisis. >>> here's diane sawyer with a preview of tonight's "world news." >> good morning, josh. is whole wheat bread, as advertised, everything it says it is? maybe not. phew information about what's in so-called whole grains. see the whole picture tonight on "world news." >> thank you, diane. >>> meanwhile, new york city throws a parade for the new york giants. we got a hold of this video. moments after the super bowl. at the confetti falls, greg jones, greeted by his girlfriend, on the field, pulling an engagement ri

i spoke with an independent energy analyst today who really question theed veracity of both those claimsng it will be years better you could -- but also saying that the bush at march deserves seven of that credit. >> reporter: he said there was no silver bullet to solve the problem. he was pointing to some of the external factors causing the spike in gas prices, iran, increased demand from china and india. the administration did today did announce new research dollars for natural gas and biofuels, but the president didn't even mention them in his speech. instead this was very much a rebuttal, a defense as the high gas prices threaten the economic recovery, and also his bid for reelection. >> i'll be speaking with david axelrod. we'll get his reaction to all of this, the gas price issue and the debate last night and the tough angry rhetoric. david axelrod, brianna, thanks very much. >>> let's dig deeper. ali velshi is joining us. put this into perspective for us. how bad is it right now? >> the issue here is the spike. right now nationwide we're paying about 3.61 for a gallon of unleaded.

lots to talk about with "us weekly," looked at theed odds bradley jacobs is joining us live.oing to be the big juggernaut. am i crazy? >> no. "the artist" will probably win. it's a movie about movie making. what could hollywood love more? it also has a romantic feel to it. it takes place at a different time. it has a great gimmick, which is that it is silent and after a couple of minutes you are taken away into another world. >> is that who you're predicting is going to take home the honors? >> yes, i think that will win best picture and best director. >> what about best actor? >> it's a tough race. >> i had a tough time picking one. >> your did? >> yes, i did. >> forever it seemed like it would be george clooney for "the descendents." but it's possible that "the art itself" but who would do that to mr. popular himself. >> i did wonder because, full admission here, i went into this movie, i didn't know it was a silent movie. a bit of a dough ball, shall i say? but in all honesty i went in early on before there was a buzz about the movie. i saw it in back in the fall, i think

. >> there really is no concerns being addressed by any of theed a tend dees for safety concerns.y details and would they be allowed inside the church as well and executive protection people are working together to facilitate that. >> privacy is concern at the funeral home not far from here. in the front window there's a large photograph now of whitney houston. police have also set up security tape around the building, as well as put up white drapes, the funeral home put up white drapes around some of the entrances, again, presumably for privacy reasons. we know the burial will also be private. the funeral home and the family has not said where whitney houston will be buried but the death certificate states lit be the same cemetery where her father was laid to rest. ashleigh? >> susan, wondering if the police have plans to be there as well, because that certainly is what happens out of the bag. susan candiotti live for us this morning. thank you for thanchts we want to remind our viewers cnn is going to be airing special coverage of whitney houston's funeral hosted by soledad o'br

it end theed the day just below 13,000.bama took office. >>> former uva student george huguely is charged with first degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend, college student yardley love. >>> so the issue of satan coming up in rick santorum, do you think it will take center stage at the debate? >> he's defending it, saying i said it. he's going to have to face questions. the fallout is going to show in a difference in the polls, maybe as the polls continue. what does it mean? is there a bigger meaning to it anyway? cnn.com's contributor ruben navarrete joins us to weigh in on this. and cnn political editor paul steinhauser. paul, i want to start with you because you're the man in the know when it comes to the numbers. we're looking at these statistics out of arizona, these latest polls which show these guys are in a statistical dead heat. yes, romney's ahead by four points, but that's in the margin. i'm wondering if you think those polls might change with some of this language that's coming out from 2008 about

that offer of unlimb theed funds at 1% provided you've got the collateral from the ecb and the debatemoney. it was half a trillion euros give or take last time. my question would be whether people are going to use this as an opportunity to construct an argument to sell the market. because you can see the way in which simply december 8th announcement that we have, and people worked out exactly what it meant on the first ltro from the ecb. how we've -- how we've made gains, substantial gains on those equity markets. it's just -- the question would be whether they book profits there. and if you look at the bond market as well in europe, if you take at spanish and the itali a bonds, and those are the prices, not the yields, you'll see you've made 13, 9% on those. the question will be will they use it -- there's many reasons why you could construct an argument that whatever figures they come out to tomorrow may not be sufficient to sustain the rally. so, we'll be watching that, carl, as we -- before trade tomorrow morning. >> yeah, the ltro will be the last case of easing of substance for

. >> if he get like theed, is he going to be like george w. bush?l talk about in a minute. he has, i give him credit, he has had a very strong budget-cutting entitlement-reforming plan. the trouble is he never seems to talk much about it and the second trouble is it's stuck inside of 59 points, which is obviously beyond the pale, no one can possibly understand or remember. he has been good, very paul ryanesque. i give him credit. i'm not endorsing, i'm just reporting, i have read his stuff it is pretty good. >> all 59 points. what about rick santorum, wall street or the business community ever embrace santorum? >> on budgets and taxes, santorum is quite good. low tax rate plan and low corporate tax rate plan. as you guys were talking earlier, i think some people on the east coast are going to have trouble with his social policies which by the way, i'm not criticizing him on things like pro-life and freedom of religion and freedom of conscience, i think that's great stuff. i think when you get into contraception that is not some great stuff, he needs

once again i must kiss theed so and face a cloudy future -- sod and -- kiss the sod and face a cloudyuture but like so many pioneers, he shaped the future. along with raising these children and many others that would come later, james madison flake involved himself politically in the issues of the day, notably he tells in his journal of attending numerous meetings and conventions around arizona and in colorado to promote the cause of women's suffrage. no doubt he was proud when just after statehood in 1912 arizona became the seventh state to approve the right for women to vote just a few -- vote. just a few years later the nation followed with the 19th amendment to the constitution. james madison flake would be proud to know that arizona has many women legislators, has had a number of women governors and that the first woman appointed to the supreme court, sandra day o'connor, is a proud arizonan. he would truly be proud to know of gabby giffords, daughter of arizona, and one of this nation's enduring symbols of hope who served this nation's house of representatives so ably. over the

rushed the ambulance carrying that agent to a hospital where the agent we understand is being eat theeddition unknown. the suspect is still at large, last scene in a two-door white car. neighbors awoke to the sound of a man yelling something to the effect of down on the ground, that was followed by several gun shots. a woman was heard yelling, no, robert, no. a resident saw -- who we presume is the suspect a short person with a ball cap and white hood limping away from the scene. this is a residential area in newark. this section of roadway is shut down at benton court as techs are collecting evidence. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it's a residential area so probably not affecting traffic. >> just local traffic, laura. thank you very much for that note. the slowing off of the castro valley y, and accident, northbound 880 at tuneissen. local traffic is affected. but not affecting thorton. whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh, don't be crazy, i've got tons of blue jeans. frank! frank! get my jean bin, sus

and as the general has pointed out, one of those options has maintained the ed theed the status quo.s is part of a discussion within the national security team. and remains there at this point. as you know reductions that have been made, at least in this administration have only been made as part ofthe s.t.a.r.t. process, and not outside of that process. and i would expect that would be the same in the future. with regards to your question on the funding issue, let me ask bob hale to respond to that. that's the 5.7. >> we're working closely with nnsa. i think there are concerns on our part there has been some cost growth that it sounds like you're aware of. but they are fully committed to meeting our needs. and we're trying to work with them. these are important programs and we need to carry forward with them. i think i'll try to provide you more detail pour the record. i can tell you we have a nuclear weapons council that meets regularly with nnsa representatives as well as ours. and they're deeply engaged in these issues. >> but you do have concerns, correct? >> yes. >> finally let