and they include tiffany table settings, tiffany taste, tiffany history, tiffany parties, tiffany wedding, and a tiffany cookbook. and she once told him, john isn't this great. for our next book will just go on and on and do tiffany mushrooms. [laughter] >> as with photography, she agreed to john loring incenting i had ever involved in the book even though her name is nowhere to be found on the jacket cover. for the book on tiffany weddings they superimposed this picture of a sapphire engagement ring on an image of hammersmith farm, the house in newport from which she serves herself had been married to jfk in 1953. she also allowed this picture of herself and jfk at a party in newport to go opposite the title page of tiffany parties. it was her way of saying, i think, rather quietly but distinctly this is who i am. this is about something i love. and not all her books are highbrow increase into the nature of art, and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. she wasn't ashamed to admit her involvement with some of these commercial projects. steve rubin who was her boss at doubleday in the 1990s bef

as well and included tiffany table settings, tiffany tastes, tiffany history, tiffany party, tiffanycook book. and she once told him, john isn't as great? for her next book we can go on and on in the tiffany mushroom. last night as with the book of tony frissell is photography. for the book on tiffany wedding from the superimposed picture of a sapphire engagement ring on an image of hammersmith arms, the house in newport for which she herself had been right to jfk in 1953. she also allowed this picture at first elf and jfk at a party in newport to go opposite the title page at tiffany party's. it was her way of saying i think rather quiet week, but distinctly, to, this is who i yam. this is about something i love. and not all of her books are highbrow inquiries into the nature of art. and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. she wasn't ashamed to admit her involvement with these commercial products. steve rubin who was her boss at doubleday enemy 90s, before she died had one distinct memory of her and not as if she brought a project to him that he wasn't entirely sort of certain about any

they include tiffany table settings, tiffany taste, tiffany history, tiffany weddings, tiffany parties tiff any cook book. she said, john, isn't this great? we can go on and on and do tiffany mushrooms. [laughter] with frissell's photography, she agreed to add a hint of her involvement with the book even though her name is nowhere on the jacket cover. they superimposed this picture of a sapphire engagement ring on an image, the house in new port for which she herself was married to jfk in 1953. she also allowed this picture of herself and jfk at a party in newport to go opposite the title page of tiffany parties. it was her way of saying this is who i am, this is about something i love, and not all her books are highbrow inquiries into the nature of art, and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. she wasn't ashamed to to admit her involvement with the commercial projects. in fact, steve ruben, her boss at doubleday had one distinct memory of her. if she brought a project to him she wasn't sure about, he said, jackie, this might lose money, and she'd drop it right away. she would definite resp

japan is very important to tiffany. 18% of its business comes from japan, and tiffany resisted making predictions about sales there after the disaster. still, its full-year outlook was better than expected. leading to today's rally. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: the big deal for the stock market today with at&t wireless buying t-mobile promises billion of dollars in cost savings. tonight's "beyond the scoreboard," our look at the business of sports, starts with whether some of those savings could come from sports sponsorships. rick horrow is a sports business analyst and c.e.o. of horrow sports ventures. >> so how about it here, the two companies together is a that they can save upwards of 40 billion dollars, most of that coming from job cuts. how much could come from sponsorships. >> well, the world in one cell phone company, it's a great thing. but usual category competition is good for properties because it bids up the rights and category integration is not. this is one of those cases. these two companies spend billions on sports sponsorship over the years and now th

the tiffany symbol is a comic. you may not ever get a crystal tiffany anything. we have a beautiful award for you. in addition to that, what we do is the principals will get their awards and we have four extra prizes for each of you. they are all very different. there will either be for clubbable tickets to the giants game, and overnight stay and dinner, an overnight stay and breakfast, or an ipad. when you are called up, you will receive your bag from the mayor and the superintendent. i will have for envelopes. you choose one, ok? the teachers -- we have a variety of other goodies which include a bike rental, muir woods, beach blanket babylon, tickets to the opera -- we had so many gifts. a special thank-you to the world community benefit district and pier 39. they solicited for us and got a lot of wonderful things. without further ado, the awards are named after somebody who has really care about public education, somebody who has stepped up to the plate, who has made public education a priority and makes it easy for me to work for him. i want to introduce our

tiffany land who quit her marketing job at a tea company dreamed of selling grilled cheese sandwiches. >> we're new. so the fact that it is cheaper and we can apply for more locations, it is a huge opportunity for us. >> reporter: for lamb and fellow entrepreneurs like kate, of cup cakes, the hardest part has been sleeping on a cold san francisco sidewalk to keep their spot in line. >> the atmosphere has been pretty good, you know. everybody is really friendly. >> reporter: and if more than two dozen business people here get their permits, you will see more menu options in the san francisco food truck scene. >> breakfast truck. >> cup cases. >> you're from where? >> terrace cup cakes. >> hot dogs. we're let's be frank. and we have dog gone good, made from grass-fed beef. everything is local. no hormones. no antibiotics. >> reporter: there were about three dozen applicants and they need to let neighbors know they want to open a food truck and if there are no objections, to get the temporary permit, they still need to get the okay from

and lurz and tiffany, the top of the tree. well, i don't know what your son's father-in-law paid for the house, but you can tell him that the vase that was left behind is worth a princely sum of around about £800. he'll be pleased to hear that. - yeah. - he will indeed.

would write his own history of america particularly the revolution coming in his name was constant tiffany, and in the manuscript he gives a look at why he was a tory. it's kind folded into some other elements in the revolution. the point about it i found it right here and was in that i found it, it was found for me, which is what happens. this is a wonderful place to look. that was one of the object that started me going on the book. i had an editor one time who said don't tell me how you got the story, just write it and turn it in. and i usually follow that, but there are some really elements to this. i also was about to say interesting but i had another editor who says no, i tell you it's something interesting you don't tell me. [laughter] so anyhow, i started looking around at the idea of a book on the tories, but i dismissed the idea because john adams said you can't write a good history of the american revolution because certain records -- it's absolutely missing. they don't exist. and one was the records showing why the tories became tories, and what the british were doing to encour

luxury goods -- or 11% of those luxury goods and companies like tiffany and coach make 20% of their profits off of japan sales. so this is obviously going to have a wide-ranging impact over a lot of industries. >> jason, a lot of people were thinking may be the u.s. economy was starting a very slow recovery. but what does this situation in japan mean for the u.s. economy? >> is the second biggest debt holder of the u.s. second to china. >> they own $880 billion of u.s. treasuries and there is fear that they will need a lot to rebuild. if they take those treasuries out of the u.s., that's going to make it harder for the u.s. to pay down the deficit as the yield goes higher. treasury secretary tim geithner addressed that today saying he believes japan has enough money with a high savings rate to pay for their rebuilding efforts without compromising u.s. debt. >> the trickle down of that earthquake going deeper and deeper. thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> questions loom now about possible fallout here in california from the crisis in japan. christin ayers is

paul, chris, tiffany, johnny, diana, chilly -- thank you so much for helping me tonight. and i want to thank everyone because this is a tough and painful and emotional process, and everyone really came ready and also very respectful. it did not have to go like this, and i just really wanted to appreciate that, and this is just the beginning of a dialogue and process for our office. we will continue to hold budget stakeholders meetings, so please, come up to our staff and signed up so you can find out when our meetings are and continue to engage. i wanted and community members for being irresponsible about what we can contribute to these cuts. we will come out and do more clean up and held out if you can help us bring lights to the victoria park. those other types of solutions. we can all can cheviot to that process as well. we really heard a lot of things that were said tonight. district 6 is home to one of the most diverse constituencies here in the city. we have the poorest residents of san francisco. we have lgbt, immigrants, people of color, youth, and a high proporti

both tiffany and coach dropped more than 5%. aflac, the nation's and the largest foreign insurer in japan fell 3%. on the brighter side, caterpillar gained over 2% on trader's assumptions that it will benefit from japan's rebuilding. apple was also up after selling close to a million ipad 2 units on the updated tablet's computer debut weekend. looking ahead the fed's latest policy meeting is today with no major changes expected. finally apparently being a millionaire isn't what it used to be. in a new survey four out of ten american millionaires say they don't feel rich. many said to feel rich these days, they would need to have at least $7.5 million. >>> a couple of battles of the titans in the nba and climbing the walls in baseball spring training. >>> plus a broadcaster put the pros to shame. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your tuesday forecast is all about a big rainstorm on the west coast and some rain moving through the southeast. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> g

we see the latest on february's new and existing home sales and quarterly results from tiffany, walgreen and best buy. monday, beyond the scoreboard looks at how the renovation of madison square garden is costing basketball and hockey fans. >> susie: former goldman sachs board member rajat gupta is firing back at the securities and exchange commission, claiming the agency deprived him of his rights. gupta says regulators denied him a jury trial and unfairly ruined his reputation when they charged him in connection with the raj rajaratnam insider trading case. gupta is accused of telling rajaratnam about goldman earnings and the $5 billion berkshire hathaway investment. gupta, who's also the former head of mckinsey denies all allegations of wrongdoing. >> tom: meantime, i.b.m. will pay the s.e.c. $10 million to settle bribery charges. i.b.m. was accused of giving cash to south korean and chinese government officials for more than a decade to get computer contracts. regulators say the payments, including trips and meals, broke federal law. i.b.m. did not admit or deny guilt. the settlement

so coach and tiffany, both lower. about 20% of their yearly sales come from japan. and analysts expect a drastic cutback in consumer spending in the region. and wrapping up, a big deal in the works today. warren buffett is buying lubrizol, the specialty chemicals maker. it was only a week ago he said his berkshire hathaway was shopping for new acquisitions. then today we hear a $9 billion deal for the maker of lubricants and petroleum additives values lubrizol at $138 a share. it also includes the assumption of $700 million in debt. lubrizol shares surged almost $30 to $134.68 a share. that's a jump of 27%. and that's tonight's "market focus." japan's nuclear problems are prompting a second look at the safety of nuclear energy. governments across the world today said they would slow down development of new nuclear power plants, but china and russia are moving forward on new plants. so is the united states. darren gersh looks at an industry whose future is now in doubt. >> reporter: at a white house briefing today, regulators would not say whether u.s. nuclear plants

. >> zales has come back nicely, it was trading down ironically in sim 'they with tiffany's which was doing poorly because of the japanese situation because so much of the revenue comes from japan. we should see zales come back next earnings will be very important for us and i'm still holding on to my zales shares, and i see some up side there in that middle market retail jewelry retailer. >> tom: are you adding to that position in sales at all? >> i won't add to the position, but we're up from where i originally brought is in, but it's been a wild ride. >> these are industrial products, this is piped in, piping for water, for natural gas. for oil. a lot of infrastructure rebuilding that has to take place, also big farm equipment. so kubota is an important company for japan and the rebuilding process, and generally i am staying away from japanese stocks. but this would be the best of the worst. >> tom: i know generally you like smaller companies. do you own shares of kub? >> no, i don't and i'm staying a way from japan for now. >> tom: and out of the three we mentioned you own zales?

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. ♪ moon river "breakfast at tiffany's". gave us an oscar-winning moon song.ght as the moon looms larger than it has in two decades we continue to be inspired by it. in the words of the old standard the moon belongs to everybody, the best things in life are free. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> and that is "nbc nightly news" for this busy saturday and by the way, we featured reports from four continents tonight. just another day in the office tonight. good night everyone. by the way, we featured reports from four continents tonight. just another day in the office tonight. good night everyone. good night everyone. >>> good evening. i'm marla tellez in for diane dwyer tonight. >>> an i

. >> reporter: tiffany's daughter is a second grader. she and other parents are upset after hearing the two women used the money for such things as grocery shopping, jogging shoes, a vanity license plate and even for a family trip to legoland. >> keeping the school funds, you're not supposed to keep it for your damn self. >> reporter: the two women accused were on the pto board in previous years. 48-year-old eddie zingale and a former treasurer. officers are still looking for vanessa reyes, the past president of the pto and a former school parent. >> wow! that's -- i can't believe somebody didn't see that coming. i don't know. i can't imagine that happening here. i mean, like because of all the things that have happened at the school. >> at some point you have to believe what you can't deny. >> reporter: this attorney is helping the pto in trying to recover the money. he says about one-third of the pto's funds was allegedly embezzled between 2008 and mid-2010. the current board didn't realize something had happened until they looked at p

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they're supposed to be our temples and we're supposed to take care of them and that's what we're doing tiffany booth was raised in church now the pull is her temple and you can actually whenever you have that music on and it's singing about lifting up and being closer to god you can feel that getting class somehow i suspect a man came up with this idea and you know it's unclear if jesus would actually approve of the class named after him though he did turn water into wine i just don't think he did it the champagne as for the collection because in church there's been a noticeable shortage in one dollar bills.

. >> amitabha tiffani made.s is an organization that's having an event and this is your second time. >> the experience has been wonderful. it's a blessing and honor to work with charleston. how did you decide that you want to donate the proceeds for cancer? >> i was inspired by what i thought my mother go through in her last days. she passed away from cancer last year. and that was my inspiration and that's why i'm giving directly to benefit cancer patients. >> keep walking. >> your experience, how has that been? >> it's amazing. it helps with confidence and posture. just walking into a room and performing. >> he talks a little -- a lot about presence. he says to hold your head up high and make eye contact with people. otherwise it's gone and that moment is quick. that was a night job. there's nothing like a confidence booster. it was a big help. how long have you been taking classes here? >> about three months. it's helped me in many different ways. you naturally want to walk fast. it's helped me a lot. >> this

quarterly earnings results from big companies like oracle, best buy, general mills, wallgreens, and tiffany>>> and this week marks the fifth anniversary of the fist tweet microblogging website twitter. it has come a long way in five years. it's valued at more than $4 billion. i'm sue herera. get all our business news on cnbc. >>> scott mcgrew will give you your tech news on "today in the bay" starting hat 4:30 in the morning. >>> the bay area is seeing a rise of the number of chihuahuas flooding animal shelters. at the san jose animal care and control shelter, 40 to of the 62 dogs for adoption are chihuahuas. expert sas the dogs are bought on impulse but the owners do not know how to carefully care for the tiny breed. earlier this month the number of chihuahuas had a program to find new homes there. >>> still more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, a balancing act for state lawmakers. our political analyst larry gerston weighs in on the lingering budget headache and why getting it done is such a head scratcher for politicians. >>> and tonight at 11:00, a real who done it. it reads stra

tiffany and her family got support they needed. nearly a million families and their children depend on seat. but the republican -- head start, but the republican proposal we will be voting on this afternoon eliminates services for 218,000 children including more than 3,000 in my home state. it will close 16,000 classrooms across the country and cause up to 55,000 teachers and staff to lose their jobs. this extreme slash and burn approach is wrong. it would hurt the most vulnerable of our children and families in our country and leave us at a competitive disadvantage in the future. the republican proposal also slashes community development block grants by 62%. that will eliminate services and decimate housing and economic development programs in communities across our country. it guts the community health centers that so many americans depend on for their health care, eliminating funding outright for 127 clinics in 38 of our states. reducing services at over 1,000 centers nationwide and cutting off health care for almost three milli

. ♪ moon river >> breakfast at tiffany's gave us an oscar-winning moon song, one of countless such tuneso be inspired by it. in the words of that old standard, the moon belongs to everyone. the best things in life are free. for "today," george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> and of the four of us, i think only scott saw it, right? you saw it? >> i had to see it. the next time it will happen is 2016. >> i'll do that. i'll do the 2016 one. >> i was doing the super sleep. >> spring also begins tonight at 7:21. >> is that tonight? you are full of factoids. >>> david gregory is standing by to tell us what's coming up on "meet the press." >> good morning, lester. following the breaking news here, war against libya. this, the very latest on the military campaign. with us the president's top military adviser, admiral mike mullen and then reaction from capitol hill. i'll be joined by senators levin, kerry and sessions. the big question still to come about the president's leadership on this. that is all coming up on "meet the press." >> we're looking forward to it. david, thanks. >>> that will do

think tiffany. >> not even a nice hat with a little john deere on it. >> not if you want to have a goodonday morning. thank you, christina. you are watching out for me here. >>> we have an update on your morning commute coming up next. >>> and britney spears is set to perform in the castro, but a lot of things are in question about the supposed tv concert this morning. we'll tell you about that coming up. >>> and a live look outside in the south bay. that's the h.p. pavilion. sescl. hope you enjoy them. 6:49 right now. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. [ female announcer ] chicken, chicken chicken.. there are thousands of ways to prepare it. [ chickens clucking ] you know only two of them. time to mix it up. time for new philly cooking creme. it'll take your chicken to places it's never been before. somewhere creamier, dreamier, with lots of flavor. look at you all chef-like. spread the love around in four fabulous flavors. spoon in a little new philly cooking creme. >>> good thursday morning to you. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge.

almost all of the other tiffany books brought money to doubleday. i don't have a sense in the end from of looking at the hundred whether or not on balance they brought in money for doubleday. my sense is that she was allowed to do some projects that other editors would not have been allowed to do simply because she was who she was. and there was a kind of a p.r. for viking and doubleday. and so, there was a sort of thing which they didn't really assign a dollar value to, but which they regard it as kind of a commercial benefit. good question. >> there's a question right there. >> just a follow-up. did her publisher want -- use said her name wasn't always associated with the books. she didn't want her name on the book. but from commercial standpoint, did the publisher want her name on the book? >> i think they would have liked her name on the look but they didn't press her, they didn't press her on that and i didn't come across anybody asking her on the publisher's part, on the publisher's point of view to actually do it. oftentimes, her authors woul

. >> reporter: the tiffany network. >> that might maybe. >> mason: from time to time this morning we'llchecking in for an economic status report from the co-founder of the economic cycle research institute. we begin with the big picture. from your vantage point high above new york city here, what is the overview of the economy right now? >> well, we're the expansion... the expansion continues. all that fear of a double dip recession last year is well behind us. in fact there's a revival in economic growth. the speeding up of the rate of growth of this economy that's happening right now. all the economic data that's going to be coming in in the next month or two is going to reflect that. >> mason: how much open road, in effect, do you think is ahead of us right now? southwest. >> at least through the summer that will be going on. the wind is very much at people's backs. we have significant unrest in the middle east. oil prices have spiked up. how much of a threat are oil prices to the recovery and the economy? >> right here from our vantage point looking at leading indicators of the econ

we're watching sony say that another five factories will be closed or slowed down because of that tiffany saying that it plans on selling less jewelry in japan. oil is trading about $102 a barrel on the third night of air strikes in libya. a lot of tensions around the world. that's what the market is watching today, natalie. back to you. >> melissa francis, thank you. >>> and former president george h.w. bush was honored last night in washington for his lifetime commitment to volunteerism and leadership of the points of light institute. three other former presidents were also there to honor him. jimmy carter, bill clinton and, of course, his son, george w. bush along with the entire bush family and many from hollywood as well. well deserved honor. >>> now 7:17 pacific time. let's turn it back over to matt, ann and al. >> good for him. >> congratulations to him. very nice. >>> mr. roker, how's it looking on the west coast in. >> it's been wild and going to stay wild. yesterday they got for the first time in maxwell county this tornado. an ef-0 tornado, didn't really do any damage. and it w

stocks like ge, alcoa, all in a reextraction, and also tiffany and coach, companies that sold heavily into asia. commodities low as well. if you're looking for a silver lining, crude oil is down more than $3, but hard to find a silver lining today. >> to what they investors are reacting to, we didn't see it in the wake of the quake or name. is this all about the nuclear crisis? >> it is. a lot of it is reaction to the fact that news is getting worse, there isn't a lot of clarity in what is going on there in a nuclear respect. the idea is the retraction shun will be bigger than originally thought. at the same time, japan is a controlled economy. it knows how to react to a crisis, and pump money into the economy and spend to rebuild. buzz we are definitely so egg a lot of concern today. >> and you add to the situation in japan, the unrest in the middle east, and there's just a lot of volatility out there. >> that's right, a lot of uncertainties. that's the thing that the market doesn't like, and it's sort of everywhere you look, just when things in the u.s. were getting better. >> melis