rachel holt is the general manager of uber d.c. how does it work?you do? >> openen your app. you indicate your location and you request a car. at that point, you can see all the cars around you and an estimate of how long it will take for the nearest car to get to you. >> it is able to track where people are opening up the app most often and the company urns drivers to hover around those areas. >> you can make the decision on your own, is it worth waiting 8 minutes or am i better off grabbing the metro. >> reporter: uber keeps your credit card information on file so there is no cash exchained and a tip is always included. >> very nice in here. there is candy. >> reporter: all of that convenience will cost you. >> in d.c., we are 1 and a half to 2 times capacity. so we are more responsive. no 1 hassen able to get a limo for 22 minutes before so it is hard to make that kind of comparison. >> reporter: here is the breakdown. >> a $7 base fare and then uber uses gps data to calculate your speed. when the car is traveling over 11 miles per hour, it is a

lauren demarco joins us from the smart phone zone to talk about uber. >> hey, guys, uber is a free ap that connects you to cars in the area that are available for hire and it is getting a lot of buzz it is run successfully in san francisco, new york seattle, chicago, boston paris. here in dc there are still some kinks to be worked out with local officials but the ap is currently up and running. >> a ride with style and convenience, a few taps on your phone and a professional driver in a sleek black car arrives at your curb side. rachel holt general manager of uber dc. >> so how does it work you pull out your phone. >> open up your ap indicate your location, and you request a car. at that point you can see all the cars around you and an estimate how long it will take for the nearest car to get to you. >> it is able the track where people are opening up the ap most often, and the company urges drivers to hover around those areas, so what if there are no cars near you. >> you can make the decision on your own is it worth waiting 8 minutes or am i better off you know riding metro. >> it k

laws need to be changed she said for services like uber.d the taxicab commission chairman are scheduled to have a face to face meeting on valentine's day. reporting live, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> that is it for abc seven news at 5:00. coming up at 6:00. >> a big day for the gop presidential candidates as they prepare for a major debate tonight. the latest coming at you next pierre >> skating accusations from newt gingrich's second wife. we have part of that interview and the fallout 24 hours before a vote. >> how about a 20 cent fee for max. >> live and in hd, thi

so up goes his uber-conservative street cred. he picked up the endorsement of the founder of focus on the more than two weeks after coming in second place in the iowa caucuses, today rick santorum won the iowa caucuses, sort of, maybe. the iowa republican caucuses, as we've discussed on this show before are not run by the state of iowa. they are run by the iowa republican party, and so this year, here's what happened late on caucus night. the guy you're about to see is the chair of the republican party in iowa. >> congratulations to governor mitt romney, winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses. congratulations to senator santorum for a very close second place finish in an excellent race here. >> mitt romney declared the winner of the iowa caucuses by the iowa republican party chairman on caucus night, only those were not the certified results they were using to declare a winner that night. according to the rules we had to wait for the certified results for a couple of weeks, but in the mean time -- >> congratulations to governor mitt ro

. >> bill, if you look at the uber wealthy, not exactly a hard work ethic. all around the globe. >> bill: i don't care about the uber wealthy, i want poor people to prosper and get nonpoor. i want them to get elevated one of the reasons they are held back because they don't have role models showing them the way out. i will give you the last word. >> the last word is untrue. what you just said is simply untrue? >> bill: untrue? i taught in inner city school. it's not untrue. i saw it bad parents constricted the kids and all day long. i saw it when with my own eyes. you can't tell me it's not true. i taught those kids. >> i taught those kids, too. i can't say what you taught 30 or 4 years ago when you taught in inner city school. every day poor people work hard, role models, month is lasting longer than the money. >> bill: everybody's circumstance is different. no general circumstance but i think you guys -- >> -- that's why we can't rely on your antic dotes because every circumstance is different. >> bill: you are seeing racism where it's a policy difference,

like an obvious triumph of peace but here is the same spot just two weeks ago since the summer the uber kosovar albanians have tried to take control of the border between serbia and kosovo the serb minority erected barricades in response they don't recognize course of independence so into the old bailey and dominated province is still part of serbia now both sides are for a new agreed that the border will be jointly policed up. very cold belonging to anyone can now freely pass through this checkpoint when you're trumpeting this as a happy resolution that a standoff and while life here has become easier a lot of serbs are saying that once again they've given up too much for the compromise and have received no rasho answers about their long term future belgrade tried to talk serbs in kosovo down from the barricades so it was to join the e.u. which made a peaceful solution to the border issue a precondition but despite progress on the border belgrade's application for candidate status has been stalled in the latest round of talks with brussels some countries which did recognize corso and t

. >> john says it helps them compete uber black cars and guarantees they will show up.y use gch s something brian says the big new things. >> looking for a restaurant? looking for a cab trying to find where my friends i want to be g-aware. there are not many cases where the location doesn't make the experience better. >> in san francisco jonathan bloom "abc 7 news." >>> that is all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time. >> santa clara police say they were justified in shooting and killing a man in this driveway. >> they were saying everything was under control. my husband and i said, they're full of it. >> shopping tales from passengers of a ship wrecked. the bay area remembers the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. join us at 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

. >> we did it to send a message to drivers who are signing up with uber that we will enforce our lawst from the company today. in the past, they insist they have been operating illegally and they also operate in san francisco complaining have never taken action nearly as dramatic. reporting live from northwest washington sam ford, abc 7 news. >> new at 5:00, police appeared to have cracked the case. brian stevens it is in custody saying they found him hiding in the shed with the stolen items nearby. he is accused of stealing flat screen computers -- tvs and computers. he has broken into multiple churches since the beginning of the year. >> a guilty plea in the murder spark -- murder charges. brial lee wonsom committed to killing hannah wheeling in february 2010. >> old man winter is officially here. there is snow and ice on the ground in colorado, the midwest come and new england. they are bracing for more possible snow. doug hill is back in 50 minutes with more. >> vincent great, but martin o'malley, and bob mcdonnell gathered for a meeting about the metro. they agreed to meet once e

the wizards uber talented big man provided terrific talk show fodder today after some iladvised showoating and another losing effort. ironically, before javale had to jump, he was dunked on by chandler. that's why later in the game, with the ways ards losing, javale pretended he was playing? a summer league exhibition, throws the ball off the backboard and that earned him an extra curby seat on the bench for the rest of the game from flip saunders who still sees no room for show boating from a team that's about to lose its 12th game in 13 tries. >> you want to play with substance rather than just playing for the highlight. i tried to explain to him, you know, some people -- you'll get the crowd going, and we went on a run afterwards. the run was 15-4 the other way. >> apparently if you get a fast break off the backboard in the third quarter and you want 11, you're not supposed to do stuff like that. i felt like i was trying to get the team hyped. >> i think we're spoepzed to have fun, if you have fun, you play well, you play better. i know that's the type of person javale is. you can

making it more of a deal than it is because his opponents are trying on force him to reveal he is uberish to make him to appear to be out of touch with the voters whose votes he is seeking. >>shepard: and he will not release the tax returns so that is that. >>judge napolitano: it could fall by the wayside after mrs. newt gingrich's interview come oz it. i have read of that stuff. >>shepard: that was the man who was leading the charge to impeach the president of the united states. >>judge napolitano: that is the kicker. he can do with his private life but when he is preaching the opposite and leading the power of the government to dismantle the president, the serious, serious ethical and moral issue. >>shepard: people would say he broke the law when he lied under oath. >>judge napolitano: people in the government look at breaking the law differently than the rest of us. >>shepard: don't they? >>arthur: your legal panel is roaring. >>shepard: this is what it is like in january. what will october be like? brutal. catch "the judge," weeknights at 8:00 eastern and 7:00 in oxford on the fox

going back to the self-deportation thing, it really points out the fundamental irrationality uber conservative look on immigration. nobody can be here illegally. what are you going to do with the folks that are here? are you really going to round them up? what's that going to cost? >> and that goes against some sense of where the conservatives are. great to have you all with us. lots more to talk about with our panel. stay with us. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. ♪ what's he looking for? i think he's looking for savings. ♪ i can't watch this anymore. stop! there's an easier way! we compare your progressive direct rate to other top companies so you get a great price. no more running around. ha ha ha! wouldn't you love to see the world through his eyes? i bet i look like the strongest man in the world. the best place to find a great deal. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> up next, more from our panel and i have an exclusive interview with the congressman. don't forget to tweet us. he's in the hash tag ed show. let us know what you think about tonight's debate. stay tuned,

and dave ramsey is not surprised, the best selling author and uber radio host. this would be the case. but here we go. >>guest: well, the tarp program, it has been loosely run, it has been riddled with fraud. and, the accounting on it has been pitiful. if someone ran a decision in my business we would have a good old fashioned firing. citric dick louse and to use that as a speaking method, i understand, but we know that bailouts have not stopped and the handouts have not stopped and, he towns around in the rest of the state of the union speech and talked about how he would tax the rich again so we can give to the poor. our president, robin hood, thank you very much. and it just continues. and the sad thing is that it kind of worked last election cycle. but people were looking and believed not hope but now it is tired rhetoric three years later and the failed policy. >>neil: i would not mind, i am not a fan of the guy but if he wasn't violating what he said he wanted to end himself. in other words, when he talked about the financial fat cats and that was continue

making this uber agency, it would be with a lot of power you're not going to solve the problem.lems at the root. transactions between consumer and bank, consumer and credit card company are voluntary transactions, do not need the government being the arbiter of the transactions. the argument it's too complicated. we all sign credit card agreement, bank card agreements, we know they are 10, 20 pages long. when you skip to the back page without reading it, you know you're doing that bad. by outsourcing that judgment to the government, you're not going to solve your problems. >> i'm not sure if we read the whole thing we would understand it. david, opposition predates the controversy over the recess appointment president obama made. we saw the agency's founder, intellectual heart behind it elizabeth warren get into heated clashes with republicans. both parties say they speak for the middle class. why is protecting consumers, how has this become a republican versus democrat issue? >> well, it's always a question on regulation about how far you go. from my point of of view i'm sympat

he's super-duper, uber-cool, very funny in this show. here's william h. macy in "shameless."king a little easy summer moolah the gallagher way. >> where is leo? >> in the car. >> you don't have a car. >> a friend's car. >> did you crack a window? >> left the engine running for the ac. >> you left a toddler in a running car in this neighborhood? >> a baby laxative? >> this, my young progeny, is dr. frank's magic money-making fun dust. >> oregano? >> fool's gold. >> i have never seen it fail, summer solstice atm. >> jimmy: it never fails. [ cheers and applause ] you're so great in that. gosh, i love it. you guys got to check out "shameless" this sunday because it's really, really fun to watch. every time we have you on, we like to make you play a game or do something silly or fun. do you mind playing a game when we come back? >> you bet. >> jimmy: all right, good. you guys, when we come back, william h. macy and i are playing charades. come on back. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ female announcer ] to get a professional cleaning system you could spend as much as $200. olay says ch

going back to the self-deportation thing, it really points out the fundamental irrationality uber conservativere you going to do with the folks that are here? are you really going to round them up? what's that going to cost? >> and that goes against some sense of where the conservatives are. great to have you all with us. lots more to talk about with our panel. stay with us. you're watching "the ed show" on msnbc. t's hard for my crew to kp with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? this guy's amazing. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve thi

and it is that whole evangelical group, that uber message that's been resonating well, and yet it is the governor of that state who has endorsed him and is wildly popular in that state. going into south carolina, do you expect -- because i expect we're going to get polls on south carolina -- do you expect that gingrich is going to take a massive hit from his 13% showing tonight? >> let's look at south carolina from this perspective right now. the folks we thought would do very well down there was rick perry and michele bachmann. in fact, perry was supposed to leave iowa and hold three events in south carolina tomorrow. he would appeal to the evangelic evangelical, the born-again vote, people who identify themselves as that, as well as michele bachmann. it looks like perry has been taken off the table. michele bachmann is all but dead. >> is that true? is it really? >> the question is how can you go back to texas and reassess your campaign? we have two national televised presidential debates coming up saturday, sunday. i don't think you can go back to texas and reassess and then get b

in this case culture of computer security geeks, uber geeks i call them, excuse me. >> nerds, it's okay >> okay. and i think for me that's the fun of reporting and writing is learning about aspects of the world and modern life that otherwise would never encounter. and so for me, i think that this is a unique subculture because the internet is a relatively new phenomenon. it's grown so rapidly that you find that the folks were at the sort of vanguard in the field, there are very few of them. it isn't like you can go, nowadays you probably could come but i know that when he went to stanford back in against the 1980s, i'm probably making him older than he is, maybe 1990s, he had to actually shop around for a college professor to teach them something because he had grown up playing with computer networking systems and to such a new thing that he developed a very high level of proficiency on his own. and it was really difficult to find someone who could tell him or teaching anything. and i think that level of skill has continued. and it has developed in different individuals for different re

. >> a new way to get around town, uber the ride is fancier than a cab but also got a fancier price tag if you don't you don't want the miss this story a local mother welcomes four more babies to the world, we will talk to her about her one day old quadruplets. >>> congratulations let's say that now. >> before we get to weather we want to tell you metro is dealing with the red line. >>> as a result, trains are single tracking between friendship heights and van eases with delays up to 30 minutes, both direction. >>> in the meantime tucker barnes is in the weather center he has a look at this thursday not bad tuck. >> temperature wise not bad alison we have a lot of clouds that will be the theme around here for thursday mostly cloudy skies expected on again off again rain showers as we watch the storm s

he said, quote like uber-democracy meets back room bosses.like the council of elders approach. what do you make of a comment like that? >> well, i think that's a simplistic mischaracterization of what we're doing at americans select. this is opening up process from more competition. it shouldn't be a surprised to voters we have duopoly in the political life. if you want to express yourselves you have to go through the funnel of the democrat and republican parties. this is about eliminating barrier that exists to on the ballot. we like every registered voter to weigh in who they would like to see on the ballot as third choice in 2012. jenna: we see the bus pick a president, not a party. don't want to screw up that slogan. pick a president, not a party. we think what you're doing is pretty interesting. thanks very much. >> great speaking with you, jenna. jon: bailouts are still costing you big-time with taxpayers now owed more than $130 billion. while it turns out that some of that cash may be fon forever. -- gone forever. liz macdonald from th

we will have a rotational base out of the united states as we do our generations of uber tape units intoour training complex we will have at hohenfels/grafenwoehr and our other partners in europe and will be a lot to do that at several levels across different domains. in reality, i think in the long run it will cost more for units to get involved in working with nato partners. it watches are limited to those stationed in europe and i think we'll be able to tailor our engagements based on those. for example, we might higher headquarters and we want to have a strike stryker unit to diversify our relationships with our partners. so if we do this properly focused on this we will be able to make this an advantage to us if anything. >> general, thank you for your time this evening. i want to talk about the national strategy. ausa listen to a question about after 9/11 a 480 the army was supposed to admit -- you say you're comfortable dropping at 490. share with us if you would, what about the new strategy is different enough to give you that? >> well, the fundamental principle of a strategy sin

. >> reporter: exactly, and this has just been a huge issue in washington, whether or not the uber rich taxes. now what we're seeing is this is really beginning to bubble to the surface at the state level, and it's all about how states are having trouble in bringing in more revenue. so, what's happening now is at least two governors, kyra, are getting ready to hike taxes on millionaires. now, up until recently, many had been reluctant to go ahead and raise taxes in general. maryland, new jersey and oregon, they all let their millionaire taxes lapse, but spending cuts alone, they have just not been enough to close the big budget deficits that these states face. so, in new york, governor andrew cuomo ended up hiking the tax on the rich after initially refusing to renew the state's millionaire tax. and in california, governor jerry brown is banking on voters to approve an almost $7 billion package in november. and what that would look to do is create three new tax brackets from 2013 to 2016, and it would mean that single taxpayers would pay an extra 1 percentage point on income over $250,0

we all know the guy is uber rich, but what about the millions in the offshore accounts?re there any smoking guns? >>> welcome back to "early start." it is 30 minutes past the hour. a good time to get you caught up on headlines before you head out the door. breaking news overnight, an unbelievable raid. two foreign workers are free after being held hostage in somalia for the last three months. u.s. intelligence telling nbc news that two teams of navy s.e.a.l.s rescued the american woman and the danish man from suspected pirates during a daring raid. they were working with a danish group, both said to be in a safe location. >>> and president obama calling on congress to help him level the playing field for all americans. in the state of the union, the president said economic fairness is the defining issue of our time. this morning he hits the road to kick off his re-election campaign. >> and the owner of that wrecked cruise ship, the costa concordia, is denying offering discounts to future cruises to passengers who were on board when it ran aground. it disputes reports tha

our system, our presidential primary system is built on super uber federalism.hat is every state gets a veto poured concreter in -- power in essence over all of the other states. the truth is iowa and new hampshire and probably south carolina will move into the year prior to the presidential election if they have to in order to maintain their first in the nation status. so, as long as iowa and new hampshire, south carolina and other os define themselves by having that first primary or caucus, we are going to continue to go to them first. >> and such an unpredictable season. go ahead, carl. >> gives an opportunity for candidates who don't have a lot of money to get hurt. rick santorum doesn't have the money to compete against the other candidates. since he has surged in the polls more donations are coming in. iowa allowed him to make connections and friends and get things going here. only talking about a universe of 120,000 votes. in new york or california or florida where it is a multimedia, multicity media market and millions of dollars have to be spent some of

because newt is almost, i think, jealous of romney having like uber wealth and newt is a post-politician political-style wealth. they are making -- >> more like average joe millionaire. >> he's -- yeah. this weird class warfare that come out and naught is trying to attack him for a blind trust, they are talking about blind trust in a republican debate and it just hits level of just so bizarre and you realize that there is an anger within republicans even. >> on are they going to turn out? >> romney will be the nominee, you know if i were a betting woman. i would put my money on romney. if s this base going to hang on to people hanging on to newt? he may be down in the polls but still has 18% of those votes. nationally he is still up. florida, he's down. but he is up by four points nationally. what's going to happen with them? are they going to turn out just stay home? >> newt -- newt believes that he's the better candidate than mitt romney. no natd matter what the establit is. >> right, right. >> the fact that -- fact that his belief carries his conviction in the debates, he comes to the