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. >>> asian development bank spokesperson announced kuroda is resigning from the top post of the manila-based institution on march 118th. >>> u.s. tech giant apple has won a patent lawsuit in tokyo over south korea's samsung electronics. the ruling is the second in a series of court cases in japan involving smartphones and tablet computers. the tokyo district court on thursday ruled that apple does not infringe on samsung's patents for mobile data transfer technologies. presiding judge ichiro ataka upheld claims by apple's japanese operations. the ruling also rejected samsung's request for a ban on sales of some apple devices. the tokyo court upheld samsung's claims in a decision over a different technology last summer. court decisions on the mobile data transmission technologies have been split worldwide. last august apple's claims were upheld in the united states but samsung won in a south korean ruling. >>> robotic engineers in japan are putting the final touches on an invention that's expected to take a giant leap forward for robot kind. they're getting ready to send the first talking rob

an article by the huffing top post who said the press has been too deferential. i don't think the reporters in white house briefing room think that. >> bret: more on this with the panel. thank you. do you believe the administration is trying to intimidate journalists? let me know on twitter. follow me. @brettbaier. the senate voted on two plans today to provide discretion on how the cuts are distributed. mike emanuel has that story. >> they called the action charade to recognize both sides knew they would not receive 60 votes. the votes fell. war of word is ongoing. >> the bill would keep in place the massive cut. it wouldn't replace them, it would lock them in. >> senator pat toomey says the goal of the republican plan provoid flexibility for president so agencies like the pentagon could carry out reductions strategically. >> they could go to the service chief on defense side and the agency on the department head on nondefense side and say okay, look. you are used to budgets growing and growing. >> some republicans don't want to give the executive branch power t

dennis patrick posted the best speed becoming the first woman to secure the top spot -- danica patrick posted the best speed. she happened to do it in the biggest event. she will be posting 193 mph. she had to wait two hours for the other 37 drivers to qualify but none of them could knock her off the top spot, the biggest achievement of her four-year nascar career. john collins >> such an interesting day. the sky was fascinating. >> president's day, a lot of people have the day off. tonight, dropping down to 17. skies clear. tomorrow morning, rising into the 20's to near 30. in the afternoon, eventually close to 40 with the jews scattered clouds. rain again on tuesday. >> thanks for joining us. "nightly news" is next. we will see yo >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial president and manager dan joerres. >> stunning announcement there reverberated in parishes across the world, the resignation of pope benedict xvi confirming his love for the church and its followers. feeling his health was not up to the herculean task, his holiness made the ultimate sacrifice in determining that advocating

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he had key top posts in vatican.ot, cardinal maradiagoo got a lot of attention with his work with the poor in latin america. these are all potential first latin american pope. jon? jon: steve harrigan keeping an eye on that live from miami. thank you. arthel: i like to think of myself as cool headed. but i would officially be in freak out mode on this one. 4,000 people, i would be. stranded on a cruise ship with barely enough power to run the toilets. food is running out. people are sleeping in tents on the ship decks. when can folks on carnival cruise's triumph ship expect to come home? we'll talk about it. jon: now a look at the some of the crime stories making headlines. members of the los angeles police department are still being protected as the search continues for this fugitive ex-cop, christopher dorner. dorner, is the prime suspect in three murders in southern california. >>> remember this video of angry citizens of bell, california, once the huge salaries of some city employees became public? half a dozen o

. >>> a big changeover at one of the top cabinet posts for the president. >> hilly clinton -- hillarynton is in the final hours as secretary of state. she'll have a meeting this morning and say goodbye to her staff. her replacement massachusetts senator john kerry will be sworn in as the nation's new top diplomat. as for a new defense secretary, members of the senate armed services committee grilled nominee chuck hagel yesterday. hagel apologized for past controversial statements and defended his record of votes as a senator. if the senate did confirm hagel's nomination next week, wee become the first enlisted man and vietnam veteran to lead the pentagon. >>> frustrating commute home from work yesterday. they got stuck and after getting no instructions from metro, they took matters into their own hands. dozens of commuters wound up abandoning their green line trains and walking to their destinations last night. metro's general manager is apologizing properly policing -- apologizing promising some improvements. delia goncalves has more. >> reporter: good morning. it certainly was a big

you have served in the senate for 12 years, have you ever seen a nominee for a top cabinet post have a worst confirmation hearing? >>guest: he did not bring the a game, probably chuck, first and foremost but it will not matter, he will be confirmed and there is a strong presumption the president gets to choose his own cabinet absent something disqualifying from a personal standpoint, there is nothing like that here. many republicans will vote know, the republicans gets the cabinet. the key question does someone like a senator decide to filibuster, that will raise the bar, but it will create heartburn although he will be confirmed. the next time, secretary of defense hagel comes before congress, or has a press conference, he needs to bring that a game to bring the confidence. >>chris: should it matter that he did not seem to know the administration policy? he did not know what his own policy was, he is going to be the head of the pentagon. well it raises questions on shows like this but it will not affect --. >>chris: it would not raise a question in your mind? >>guest: he because not

president obama, if you work in the private equity business you're probably blacklisted from a top administration post ask blackstone president hamilton entony james. charlie gasparino has the exclusive details on this huge fund-raiser. >> you know him well, i'm assuming? melissa: well, from around. >> interesting guy. worked at various jobs around wall street. went to work for steve schwarzman at. been a huge fund-raiser. this is perfect example why, this administration sort of equates tobacco or cigarettes with private equity. melissa: great analogy. >> like mitt romney worked for private equity. private equity took companies private. some of them worked, some of them didn't but sort of a bad industry. as you know it is not. many private equity companies create jobs. there are some cases where they don't but it is pretty good. tony james from what we understand has quietly reached out to the administration since the re-election in november to try to get a job at, in the administration, some sort of senior post, presumably economic post and he has been given the cold should. the cold should. he is es

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have you ever seen a nominee for a top cabinet post have a worst confirmation hearing? >> well, chuck didn't bring his a game first. i think everybody can see that. probably chuck first and foremost among them. at the end of the day it is not going matter. elbe confirmed as secretary of defense and because there is a strong presumption that the president gets to choose his own cabinet absent disqualifying from a personal standpoint. nothing like that here. many of the republicans will vote no largely because it is an easy no vote. the president gets his cabinet. the key question is does someone like a senator like ted cruz decide to filibuster. it will create heart burn for moderate republicans. the final analysis the ultimate takeaway for this is the next time secretary of defense hagel comes before congress or has a press conference he needs to bring the a game to project the sense of command and confidence. >> chris: should it matter that he didn't seem to know what administration policy was and in some cases didn't seem to know what his own policy was. he is going t

senator, you served in the senate 12 years, have you ever seen a nominee for a top cabinet post at a confirmation hearing. >> he didn't bring his a-game, and everybody would concede this, chuck among them but at the end of the day it will not matter. he'll be confirmed because there is a strong presumption the president gets to choose his own cabinet, unless something disqualifies him from a personal standpoint and, the republicans will vote no, because it an easy no vote and, he gets his cabinet and they get to express their reservations, and, unless there is a filibuster, it would raise the bar but i think he'll be confirmed but it will create heartburn for moderate republicans and in the final analysis i think the ultimate take away is the next time secretary of defense hagel comes before congress or has a press conference he needs to bring the a-game to project the sense of command and confidence people expect -- >> at the end of the day it doesn't matter, you say. should it matter he didn't seem to know what administration policy was and didn't in some cases know what his own po

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all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs.ry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama state department led by john kerry. makes a big difference >> bill: now that the president has his secretary of state in place, he is spushingpushing for his man to be the new secretary of defense. leon panetta was on "meet the press" yesterday commenting about chuck hagel's appearance last week in front of the senate foreign relations committee but first, leon defending hagel and said they weren't asking the most important questions. >> they talked a lot about post quotes. but what about when a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the war on terrorism? the budget sequester? what about middle east turmoil? what about cyber attacks? all of the issue that con front a secretary of defense, we did not see enough time spent on discussing those issues and in the end, that's what counts. >> you are fully conf

the house is just out of sight of the the paul car is posted at the top of the home's drive. the bodies of the three men are still inside the small house. deputies have been combing the property for evidence. on tuesday a man discovered the body of his brother and two others. they were shot in a bedroom of that house. police believe the victims were targeted and although the suspect or suspects are still at large police do not think the public is in danger because the crime was not random. hour, neighbors say it has left them frightened. >> it is horrible. what were they thinking? then it is weird when...it is in your backyard. it makes you pause and think. forestville? it could have been my backyard. >> we were over the crime scene. investigators will be here if some time. neighbors tell police that they heard gunshots' the bodies were found. the sheriff has planned a news conference for 2:00 today and we will have the latest going at 4:00 p.m. on abc7 news. live in sonoma county for abc7 news. >> thank you. fairfield police could release new details in a murder of a 13-year

journal of news reports about politics, news sources included the economist, the bbc, huffington post, but the top two banned sources onion, which the assignment wrote was not news, is literally a parody and number two, fox news. she wrote the tag line, fox news makes me cringe. please do not subject me to this biased news station. i would almost you rather print off an article from the onion. well, following some unexpected reaction from press presser wolf allows fox to be used as a source, we've broken through. >> i'm glad and i'm sure this professor is going to have a great career in academia because they just love this stuff, but you know, i love the idea of the bbc and the huffington post being fair and balanced. >> why do we scare people so much? >> we should give professor wolf a shoutout. for making her cringe, we're doing our jobs here like most media outlets. this typical of academia. the white house has been on the campaign to try to miss disand marginalize fox news and start at the top and only imagine it goes all the way down. >> kirsten. >> i agree with that, i don't think you can di

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a top official at the social networking site posted this message. this attack was not the work of amateurs, he said, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident. twitter won't say who is behind the attack, but it is the fourth high profile hacking to surface this week. atto date the washington post revealed it too had been targeted following similar announcements from the wall street journal and "the new york times". all three newspapers say they suspect the attacks originated in china. based on our experience, we would say there is a high degree of activity that originates from there. >> dave merkel is with mandiant the secure company that helped the post and the times identify and shut down the attacks. he says it is nearly impossible for companies to completely eliminate the threat of getting hacked. >> no matter what you spend or what you do there is always some size of gap and 35 is an attacker that is sufficiently motivated that is persistent that is dedicated to stealing what you have they will succeed. >> twitter says it will notify an

to be considered so what is the price tag for the highly sought diplomatic post according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with the level of personal contributions that six point two million dollars the prize for the price will quote unquote of course they don't call it a price tag exactly the price for a position in the u.k. the authors say appears to lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars posting it looks on board that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued at three point one million dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted it true have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or at th

we will stay on top of the story and keep you posted. >>> we have a consumer alert this morning. more than 38,000 pounds of pork sausage are being recalled because they could contain small pieces of plastic likely from gloves. the effects are certain containers with a product calledmade by smithfield and shipped to 11 states including ours. find more information on the website abc2news.com. and you will find the number if you purchased that product. >>> it's a rough commute for those out west as record snowfall hit more than a dozen states. >> the snow didn't just stop with the cars but slowed down flames. find out how one flight got stuck in a sticky situation. >> reporter: are you looking for right fashion? i am sherrie johnson live in downtown baltimore with the kick off of the american craft council show. and i will tell you all the things you can see coming up. >> and we have a large storm that's working in our direction. i will tell you what the biggest impact will be for us and when. coming up. >> reporter: everything is up to speed on 97 at new cut road. i will let you kn

as i mentioned at the top, in addition to posting the manifesto online, the subject also reached out to be directly, mailing a parcel to my offense on the first of the month. he found this hand labeled dvd with a post-it know saying, quote, i never lied. the dvd shows testimony from a man who said he was kicked by an lapd officer. confirming dorner's story that he said got him kicked off the force initially. also, a coin wrapped in duct tape. the tape bearing the message, thanks but no thanks. we thought on top it was the initials i.m.o.a., however, if you look more closely at it, it appears to be the number one with a space and the letter m.o.a. that could spend for one minute of ark, which is a marksmanship term. the coin, three bullet holes. that was the coin that was part of this parcel. as i mention, i was made aware of this parcel just today as was the editorial staff of my program and also cnn management, and upon learning of its existence, cnn notified chief bratton and the police department. chief bratton joins me now. i want to show you some of the images that apparently we

to be considered so what is the price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends in monaco topped the list with the level of personal contributions that six point two million dollars the price for the price will quote unquote of course they don't call it a price tag exactly the price for a position in the u.k. the authors say appears to lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars posting it looks on board that tiny but very wealthy european country for example is valued at three point one million dollars in direct contributions and appointment to portugal was predicted it true have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic post while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this word research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco. nobody of course calls it by barry here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price or rathe

top of a storm that where he had last week. up in maine we could see the potential for blizzard-like conditions into the eastern coast of maine where we have blizzard warnings posted. that's on top of two feet of snow in that region. that region could pick up three to six inches out of this storm. >>> we'll see you in just a moment with the national forecast. now here's erica. >>> crowds are gathered for pope benedict xvi's tpeufrpbt sunday blessing since announcing his retirement. anne thompson is there. good morning. >> good morning, erica. it was a jam-packed st. peter's square. 50,000 people showed up to hear the pope, double the side of the crowd last week. he spoke in six languages thanking them for their support. adding in german these were difficult days. they applauded with respect and affection. in rome, where there is no shortage of must-see attractions, suddenly elderly pope benedict is number one on everyone's list. today he delivered his weekry prayer from his balcony as he has for eight years. but this crowd is worthy of a are rock star. ash wednesday turnd churchgoers into paparazzi. the solemn season of lent in vatican city is a celebration of the

this is his first visit to japan since he took his post last july. one of the top concerns for the united nations is the crisis in syria. the humanitarian situation of the war-torn country, he says, is becoming more serious by the day. he says the pledges made at the conference for syria in kuwait in january are slow in coming. >> the first one is how important it is for all nations, but in particular the security council and most particularly the permanent members of the security council, is to come to a common position. a common position which would give our mediator a chance to more actively pursue what we want for the time, namely a negotiated transition. we have an absolutely urgent and critical situation in syria right now. four million people are in need of assistance, two million are refugees. we take pledges at conferences and then takes a long time before it's dispersed. you know, the reality on the ground is so dramatic now. schools are closed, hospitals are closed and don't have equipment. electricity is out. they have now lost almost half of the clean

considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to monaco nobody of course calls it bribery here and these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. israel is considering the creation of a buffer zone inside syria the zone could stretch several kilometers into neighboring syria or the israeli military sources this is than no

considered so what is the quote unquote price tag for the highly sought diplomatic posts according to this study friends and monaco topped the list with a level of personal contributions at six point two million dollars quote unquote the price for a position in the u.k. the authors find appears to lie between six hundred fifty thousand dollars and two point three million dollars a posting in luxembourg is valued as three point one million dollars and appointment to portugal was predicted to have a value of around six hundred thousand dollars like all modern presidents before him president obama has appointed friends and donors to about thirty percent of diplomatic posts while seventy percent of the posts go to career diplomats so judging by this research career diplomats go to places like yemen while big donors go to him on a cold nobody of course calls it bribery here these are just respectable donors who get what they want when they pay the price. israel is reportedly intending to create a buffer zone stretching up to seventeen kilometers inside syria now the country's military sources insist the area will belong to sy

this is his first visit to japan since he took his post last july. one of the top concerns for the united nations is the crisis in syria. he says it's becoming more serious by the day. he says the pledges made at conference for syria in kuwait in january are slow in coming. >> the first one is how important it is for all nations, but particularly the security council, and the permanent mechanics of the security council, is to come to a common position. a common position which would give our mediator a chance to more actively pursue what we want for the time, namely a negotiated transition. we have an absolutely urgent and critical situation in syria right now. 4 million people need assistance, 2 million are refugees. we take pledges at conferences and then takes a long time before it's dispersed. you know, the reality on the ground is so dramatic now. schools are closed, hospitals are closed and don't have equipment. electricity is out. they have now lost almost half of the clean water, safe water. >> reporter: eliasson's visit comes as tensionings run high in east