. >> reporter: the mattress making company, which his father and grandmother started in west columbia, a south carolina, with a showroom and factory, had slowed because of trouble in the housing market. >> the mattress business much like the furniture business is tied in with housing. and so mattresses being an easily postponable purchase were not of the forefront of a customer's purchasing decision. >> reporter: instead of cutting back like so much other companies were doing, buddy was pro active, focusing on how to bring in more business. >> i sort of had to drag myself kicking and screaming knowing it's going to be difficult. >> reporter: with the factory operating at about 70% capacity, there was definitely room to grow. >> even though we had a centralized location from the factory, i said we really need another location to try to stimulate sales. i struggled with that for six months before we finally pulled the trigger. >> reporter: the new store which opened its doors in 2012 had to meet shall specific criteria. >> there are mattress stores everywhere and they're all in cookie c

west coast. styrofoam products and fishing buoys ended up on the containers. they transferred the funds to the province of british columbiao go to a variety of cleanup projects. they decided to offer money to canada and the united states because of the tsunami debris. they have given $5 million to the u.s. >>> one of japan's most famous >>> thousands of people waiting to go home. tons of debris waiting for disposal. vast tracts of land awaiting to be restored. overcoming the challenges of japan's 2011 disaster won't be easy but step-by-step people are moving forward. find out how on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time right here on "newsline." >>> relatives of japanese abducted to north korea called for the establishment of a new u.n. committee to investigate human rights in the country. north korean officials have admitted abducting japanese in the 1970s and '80s. officials claim the rest have died. the abductees relatives' made an appeal in geneva. in 60 diplomats and other officials were there. this man's sister was abducted in 1978 at the age of 24. he says the issue is unresolved. he says it's a

columbia and northern washington state. that's where the jet stream is oriented. there's an upper-level low spinning off to the west. high pressure from california funnels that little flow of moisture right up through the high terrain over the cascades and the olympics. that's where we'll see the highest totals. you can already see the rain increasing. we've had some rain bellingham and northern portions of the cascades. not much around saelgtsz or olympia, but that will increase during the day. computers are estimating the higher terrain, the possibility of up to six to seven inches at most. again, lower elevations not getting that, but you get the general idea. the from ukiah to fresno. enjoy a great afternoon. i'll let you know how long the rain's going to continue when i come back. >>> bloomberg's bev ran ban block. the congressional black caucus isn't happy with president obama. >>> and why gm and uncle sam are parting ways in a way. >>> and why those likes on facebook could be revealing your deepest, darkest secrets. >>> welcome back. stories making news this morning, a judge has taken the fizz out of new york

west coast. it gives us one decent day. the exception up in the northwest. a little tiny storm coming up through southern british columbia bringing showers. a little snow at the high elevations. we're watching that moving down through. you can see headed towards bellingham, light rain showers for you and on the coast. this big storm winding itself up off the coastline here. there's a big, huge moisture plume all the way near hawaii up around this storm. there's a lot of moisture with it but not too much of it is going to move on shore. again, we're good today. we should be all right. you may notice high clouds increasing in areas of northern california and oregon during the day today. the expected rainfall is more towards tonight and then during the day tomorrow. and nothing too blockbuster. this is over the next 48 hours. and these darker greens are maybe about an inch of rain. and right on the oregon/washington border, maybe a little highlight there. from san francisco southward, maybe a couple showers at most in the san francisco area. south of there should be pretty dry. today's forecast, we showed you the rain from

west of the city. this is in anticipation of district of columbia schools and federal officers also closed.o stay off throws. >> we are getting new information on this story just coming into kron 4. san francisco police are at the scene of an attempted robbery at a pot club in the city's bayview district. this is near wallace avenue in ginning street. two suspects have been detained. it is believed that at least one suspect remains in the building. the tactical team has been summoned. kron4 will tran is headed to the scene and he will bring us a live report shortly. >> we're also watching wall street after the dow jones industrial average climbed 125 points and closed yesterday at its highest level ever. the dow storming back from its recession low of 60051 of 49 which was set in march 2009. a dp just released their job findings for the month of february. oil markets are taking the death of hugo chavis in stride. venezuela has the second-largest oil reserves in the world, and they are the largest oil producers in the western hemisphere. the one the 14 years that chavez led the country oil p

columbia. wilmington 32 and bristol, tennessee at 24 degrees. the good news is we will get some moderation. out west, look at those temperatures, anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees above normal. eventually, those warm temperatures will make their way into the southeast and mid-atlantic state. do have some eastern lake-effect snow showers. we're also looking at some clouds in the pacific northwest. light risk of strong storms in northern texas. beautiful day in miami today. plenty of sunshine and a high of about 75 degrees. going to get to your local forecast in just a moment, but, first, this message. >>> 7:10. good friday morning. meteorologist, christina loren. a live look at a foggy sky over san francisco and most of the bay area. fog is expected to burn off by about 9:00 a.m. temperatures up towards 80 degrees inland. 70 degrees for san francisco. we do have an area of low pressure that's slated to bring us showers and thunderstorms over the course of your easter weekend. looks like sunday morning will be active. hope you have a fantastic and safe easter holiday. >>> a congressman from alaska is und