i think tim cook can do that. we've seen steve jobs slowly introducing cook.umber of the discussions that apple had. recently when you went to see a steve jobs production, he would take center stage for a little bit, then step away and let other people at apple continue with the presentation. so i think they have sort of got this in the mind of analysts and journalists. >> reporter: the question is whether the board would be forced to reveal their plans before, if jobs were to step down, that will be the issue at the shareholders meeting today. the group of investors i mentioned are going to put this resolution forward, there will be a vote but the general thought there are not going to be enough votes to force the hands of the board of directors. bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. a 4.4 earthquake shook parts of mendocino county. it hit before 9:00 last night in the middle of the national forest about 22 miles east of willits. no reports of injury or damage. >> 300 people are missing in the wake of new zealand's earthquake. the death toll is at

apple officer tim cook is handling questions and he is giving a glowing report how apple is doing.the apple the company is healthy, even if its iconic leader is not. more at 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. >> president obama is planning to call new zealand's president later today to reiterate u.s. support for the country devastated by a powerful earthquake two days ago. >> teams are rushing in with help. jenelle joins us with the latest. >> it's now 8 a.m. thursday morning in new zealand. search and rescue teams continue looking for survivors. anyone trapped under the rubble has now been buried 43 hours and counting (screams) >> new pictures emerging showing the horror of the 6.2 earthquake and aftermath as dust covers the city. >> oh, my god. >> you can hear this man' panicked voice as he runs outside with his camera to see the devastation. >> my gosh. people are in there? >> and pictures from the epicenter of tuesday's quake hones the story of must have had and debris covering the roads. crews rescued 120 people. some needed limbs amputated to fre

will it be tim cook who has temporarily taken over or someone else? apple indicated it has a succession plan but doesn't want to tip its hand for fear it would make it harder to retain top talent. this group says it isn't concerned about the company's viability in the short-term considering the success of things like the ipad and iphone. the question is how will it fare in the long terms without jobs visionary inventories. he has been key to the success. many point out that apple has deep bench strength when it comes to top management. in other words, there are many other talented individuals outside of jobs at the company. what will happen at the shareholders' meeting. that group will ask the others to vote on a resolution that would force the company to reveal its succession plan. the sthaut they don't have enough votes to force that. bob redell, today in the bay. >> thanks, bob. south bay leaders now have a protective measure in place to ensure that a 49er stadium can move forward. the council voted to put aside redevelopment money tor a new stadiu

apple officer tim cook is handling questions and he is giving a glowing report how apple is doing.the apple the company is healthy, even if its iconic leader is not. more at 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. >> president obama is planning to call new zealand's president later today to reiterate u.s. support for the country devastated by a powerful earthquake two days ago. >> teams are rushing in with help. jenelle joins us with the latest. >> it's now 8 a.m. thursday morning in new zealand. search and rescue teams continue looking for survivors. anyone trapped under the rubble has now been buried 43 hours and counting (screams) >> new pictures emerging showing the horror of the 6.2 earthquake and aftermath as dust covers the city. >> oh, my god. >> you can hear this man' panicked voice as he runs outside with his camera to see the devastation. >> my gosh. people are in there? >> and pictures from the epicenter of tuesday's quake hones the story of must have had and debris covering the roads. crews rescued 120 people. some needed limbs amputated to fre

reporter: this man filled what has been steve jobs' gig at the shareholders' meeting in the past, tim cook, the chief operating officer wearing blue jeans and speaking candidly about the company's success as some shareholders at the meeting specifically a labor union that owns stock for pension funds pushed apple to make a written plan to name a successor to jobs. >> they are going to be asking if not for an outright succession plan, although some are, they are going to want to know what is the strategy to make sure that everything keeps on humming as successfully as it has been. but do you have to wonder how involved steve jobs is at this point in making some day-to-day decisions or at least in helping guide the strategy. i suspect he probably is. >> reporter: jobs took a medical leave of absence from his job as ceo in january. there's been a lot of speculation about his health since. take a look at this video on radaronline.com. the site says it was shot february 8, jobs looking frail while walking to his car from a cafe. he was well enough to meet with the president at a private dinner

see we are actually evacuating army people from libya much to miss with a lot of plane and by sea tim cook is looking so let's wait and see what the.

they've got chief operating officer tim cook.have ron johnson who is overseas 300 plus apple stores. eddie queue, vice president of internet services, a host of leaders. they say do not worry about the company. they understand people's concerns about steve jobs' health but the health of the company, they say don't worry about it. it is not one person, it is a whole lot of people and very talented people running the show at apple. terry mcsweeney. >> san jose police are asking the public for information on a fatal car crash that happened near a high school last night. the car slammed into a light pole killing the 18-year-old passenger and sending the 18-year-old driver to the hospital. we don't know the extent of his injuries. the accident happened about 7:00 last night. neighbors heard the impact and called police. investigators are hoping any possible witnesses will call them with more information. >> the task force in contra costa county will not begin again until investigators have a chance to audit and inspect the entire forc

apple this morning further did tailing the effort it made sending tim cook to the factory to help factorys retrain counselors and ending several instances of child labor. fox con is about the city of oakland, it is that many people. >> wow, thank you, scott. >>> everything is getting more expensive these days and experts say to get ready to shell out more for your clothing. clothing prices have declined the last ten years but that trend is about to end. the demand for goods is on the rise. companies like levi's and top labels are going to be affected. labor costs and the price of raw materials are going up. cotton has doubled in price over the past year. a typical men's dress shirt that costs about $80 is now expected to cost $88 by the end of this year. >> good thing i have a sewing machine. you are going to be looking good. >> because you have so much time to fire that thing up. i'm going to have a big patch here. >> it is for the economy. >> why do i have a zipper over here? i don't know. >>> i would like something, too. >> maybe something with a little frill. okay. we are looking good

chief operating officer tim cook talks about ron johnson who oversees 300 apple stores. a man by the name of eddie cue vice president of internet services says there's nothing to worry about as far as apple going forward without steve jobs. it says remember what happened with disney when walt disney passed away. what happened with wal-mart when sam walton left and what happened with ford when henry ford left, all companies managed to survive and apple will do the same thing. there's concern among shareholders and they want an answer today. >> an update on the story we've been telling you about for days. oakland police say they've arrested a suspect connected to a string of robberies targeting women leaving a supermarket parking lot. investors say over the last few weeks, six customers were robbed after leaving the safeway store on redwood road. the thieves would follow the victims' home and rob the women in their driveways. a surveillance camera captured one of the robberies on camera and that gave police enough information to obtain an arrest warrant. police are still l

tim cook took over day-to-day operations.rd on whether not is related to his liver transplant or his battle with cancer or if it's something new. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. this is a live shot of 50 m. meyers, you can see how quiet it is it is not the, before the storm is the storm. it will be difficult to drive up the tahoe but boy if you get there is no will be great. there could be more snow in the future for ski week we will be right back. >> darya: >> mark: in the heavier cells, very heavy rain moving due that day, but to move into the east shore freely along highway-4, also watching a heavy sell moving towards 29. some of these cells are yellow, orange, they could contain some hail. >> darya: let's take a look at the bridge commute, projects, the approach to the bay bridge, it looks pretty quiet. we do out peddling in a few planes. no leading lights rain now. over at the golden gate bridge, you can see traffic is pretty heavy for this time of

-tim cook. is an to know what this is related to. numbers on wall street, the dow is upa live loot the numbers are up. >> mark: weekly numbers for unemployment were not good, we had for under 10,000 americans filed for unemployment.-410000 the increase was larger than economists had suspected. concerns about inflation wing on the market as a result the consumer price index rise. >> darya: you wanted to save other big groups see the >> mark: into? i didwe will be h the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. take a look at traffic here in the golden gate bridge, this has done really great, raining, we will be right back.. >> mark: another winter storm warning, louisa has more. >> louisa: here's a look at your radar, starting to like that, we are really picking up in intensity. on to the walnut creek area. more than 1 in. per hour to concord, walnut creek, if you're in those areas he will hear, feel the rain coming down. as we take it over on 580 toward san rafael seeing some heavy rain working its way towards a

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