then last july, wikileaks released 76,000 classified field reports of u.s.s in afghanistan that provided a chaotic and bleak ground level view of the war. in october, there were another 400,000 classified documents released from iraq, showing that civilian casualties there were much higher than the pentagon had claimed. and finally in november, thousands of state department cables that lifted the veil on highly sensitive backroom diplomacy. the documents revealed that arab leaders were lobbying the u.s. to attack iran, and that the state department had been secretly collecting intelligence on leaders at the united nations. it triggered outcries that assange was a political actor trying to damage the u.s. government. are you a subversive? >> assange: i'm sure there are certain views amongst hillary clinton and her lot that we are subverting their authority. but you're ri... you're right, we are subverting illegitimate authority. the question is whether the authority is legitimate or whether it is illegitimate. >> kroft: do you consider the u.s. state departme

department of justice, really trying to intimidate people who are working with wikileaks. >> assange and wikileaks denied their publication of 250,000 state department cables put the lives of spies or diplomats at risk, but merely reveals embarrassing and hypocritical actions by the u.s. and its allies. >> even if you think what the people are doing is wrong, that is why the first amendment exists, to protect unpopular people engaging in unpopular speech. >> now, the subpoena of its records was unsealed at twitter's request, and as the company said in a statement today, which i will read, "we are not going to comment on specific requests, but to help users protect their rights it is our policy to notify users about law enforcement and governmental requests for their information." katie? >> couric: all right, dean reynolds from chicago tonight. thank you, dean. we will have more on the shooting in tucson today right after this. onstar. safely connecting you in ways you never thought possible. live on. you can do this... get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this.

it changed before wikileaks. you know, it's not just that secrets seep out. it's the acceleration of everything a the sort of rapid spread of information. the world is different. the internet has is a different world for journalists and has changed the way we practice. it means that some news organizations are rushed and not as careful as they should be. fax don't get-- facts don't get checked as thoroughly as they should. yeah, all of that is cause for concern but they're issues that we can dealing with, i think. at least at the times we're certainly trying to. >> brown: bill keller, editor of "the new york times", thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> lehrer: and, finally tonight, the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks. president obama has made his statement about egypt and we're going to run an excerpt of it in a moment. and in fact, we're going to do it right at this moment. >> good evening, everybody. my administration has been closely monitoring the situation in egypt and i kn

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the swiss banker who passed information to wikileaks has been rearrested. protesters are in the streets of tunisia. the interim president promises a complete break with the past. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast on pbs in america and around the girl. -- around the world. the u.s. agrees to send more peacekeepers to the ivory coast. and a countdown to a big day -- 100 days from now, prince william will marry kate middleton. >> it is a crucial relationship for the stability of the world and worry in, there is much they do not agree on. the one thing the chinese president's visit to the u.s. will not for a -- will not fall short on is pomp. barack obama has welcomed hu jintao with a lavish ceremony at the white house. while protesters were around, they did speak of their differences. >> this morning, with all the fanfare america combustor, to president stepped into the limelight. they rule quarter of the world's population together, they commanded the two largest militaries, and they preside over one-third of the entire global economy. this is what power

p wikileaks.send 2000 more peacekeeping troops to ivory coast were a deadlock is refusing to leave the president -- presidency and his rival goes on. not allow any more troops into the country. >> the un has become a target as it gets sucked into the political crisis. this car was set on fire by supporters of the incumbent president. he accused peacekeepers of backing his rival. the security council voted to bolster the forces, adding 2000 more troops. demonstrating their support by inviting his convoy to fit in. repeating earlier warnings not to attack peacekeepers. peacekeepers. this is a crime against crime on the international law. mind eventually all the persons who perpetuate such crimes will be held accountable. >> the un and the international community recognizes him as the winner of recent elections. but they former president continues -- former president continues to cling to power. he is squeezing you end attempts to supply him. the new un troops are supposed to keep the supply route op

still ahead, a former swiss banker tells wikileaks what he thinks is evidence of tax evasion by hundreds of corporations. the world bank in scotland has admitted a large number of bankers are paid more than they are worth, but he blames the culture of investment banking, and he also says bonuses are not a true reflection of the performance of most stakes. -- banks. >> blue monday is the gloomiest days of the year, probably not if you are an investment banker looking forward to your bonuses, but are they worth all that money? not all of them according to the chairman of the royal bank of scotland. >> there are quite a lot of people who get paid an astonishing amount who looked to be average. why does that happen? >> i am not sure i have an answer for that, but i agree it is a challenge. the star quality seems to filter down to people who do not seem very star quality, and the disparity between the top stars and some of the attorney men players greeted the journeymen players is not as smart as it should be -- and some of the journeymen players is not as sharp as it could be. tens of thousa

twitter has been ordered to release private information related to four wikileaks accounts. that includes the official t witter account and the accounts of three wikileak supporters including a member of iceland's parliament. the former member has demanded a meeting with the u.s. ambassador for what he terms a possible violation for free speech r ights. the u.s. is trying to build a case against wikileaks as it published military and democratic documents. a big step has been made between the u.s. and china. robert gates and the chinese defense minister agreed to establish a working group to discuss strategic issues. this is a symbolic end to a turbulent year. >>> it's a prime spot to get married in the bay area but no new weddings will be scheduled this year at ardenwood historic farm in fremont. the east bay district will honor weddings that are already scheduled but they stopped scheduling new weddings late last year after the contract was not renewed at the park. >>> still ahead -- a very popular palace in the bay area is about to reopen after some expensive renovation wo

business for me." >> rose: well, wikileaks is... one thing i talk about in the book is how radical the idea of the internet was. >> rose: right. >> it is a strange idea and everyone knows it, we're used to it but it's a real idea that's decentralized. it was a huge challenge to at&t and all of these other things. and what wikileaks shows is the internet still has some weird tricks to play, it's not done yet as a medium. it's still surprising people. i think no one expected this thing to come out of nowhere. >> rose: can you think it's a good thing or a bad thing? >> do i think the leaks are... >> rose: yeah. >> i think that wikileaks itself deserves a full protection of the first amendment. i think it is in the classic position of any intermediary entrusted with secret information. so i don't know whether or not wikileaks should have disclosed the cable but i think they have the right to disclose those cables and that's essential. the intermediaries, whether they're wikileaks or the "new york times" the pentagon papers case have the

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some are calling this the first wikileaks revolution. nbc's michelle kaczynski is monitoring the developments for us from our london bureau. michelle? >> reporter: good evening, lester. what we've witnessed tonight is a revolution in north africa. the scenes in the streets of the capital, tunis, have been extraordinarily, openly violent, relentless. police used live bullets on crowds of thousands. according to official reports, two dozen protestors have been killed since demonstrations began last month. but they've also been successful. >> we don't want food. we don't want jobs. we want him out. >> reporter: tonight, the prime minister announced that the president ben ali has relinquished power to him and fled the country. just yesterday, ben ali tried to quell the fury caused by high unemployment and food prices by offering sweeping reforms. but all too late. in this u.s. friendly islamic country, with a long history of combatting terror, supporting education and women's rights, a stunning downfall. >> extraordinary. absolutely extraord

the justice department is going after twitter as part of its investigation into wikileaks. as you know wikileaks is under federal scrutiny for releasing hundreds of thousands of secret american documents concerning the wars in iraq and afghanistan as well as thousands of embarrassing diplomatic cables. the justice department got a court order for information about wikileaks corporate twitter account and that of founder julian assange as well as 30 wikileaks supporters. >> chinese authorities are destroying more than 5 million counterfeit dvd and computer software as part of a crackdown on illegal public case. they were seizes and des tried by authorities in beijing and other parts of china. they announced the major crackdown two months ago. the software and movies have been a point of contention against the u.s. and china. >> china's film bureau says revenue from moves last yearrose 64% to $1.5 billion. films are so popular in that country right now that more than 300 new theaters were built in 2010 aftering 1500 new screens. the box office winner in china is james cameron'

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embassy and tokyo says it has no comments to make on the wikileaks posting. last month, john roos told seiji maehara and yoshito sengoku they should not let leaks harm their relations. >>> now back to south korea where more young couples are choosing to wed in traditional ceremonies instead of western ones. we meet a man who strives to make traditional ceremonies an opportunity for young couples to forge deep and meaningful bonds. >> reporter: this classical wedding takes place in seoul. as the popularity for western style weddings grew, traditional style weddings declined. but now an increasing number of couples are choosing more traditional ceremonies. this shop sells traditional clothing. historical dramas have made traditional wedding ceremonies more popular. so young customers buy classical wedding dresses. >> translator: a traditional wedding actually feels more suitable. so we decided to go with one. >> reporter: kim ki jin performs traditional ceremonies. he has joined over 1,000 couples in matrimony during his ten-year career. born into a family of c

that includes the websites of wikileaks supporters. one of the supporters is a member of iceland's parliament. now, the head of iceland has demanded a meeting with the man possibly involved. the united states is trying to build a case against wikileaks after it published thousands of released military and classified documents. >>> questions are being raised about whether pg&e put extra stress on the pipeline. the september blast killed eight people and damaged 8 homes. the chronicle reports they purposely raised increase to the maximum and that coo have placed -- could have placed a strain on the pipeline. pg&e denies that practice. >>> the six defendants in the gang-rape case are expected to make their first court appearance since the judge o rdered them to stand trial next month. they could possibly hear new charges filed against them. there could also be changes in the legal team. they are accused of raping a 16- year-old girl outside a richmond homecoming dance 16 months ago. >>> police found the body of a latino man in his 30s in

. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown gets the story behind the story of the relationship between wikileaks leader julian assange and "the new york times" from "times" editor bill keller. >> i have labeled him an

wikileaks says u.s. investigators are asking twitter for details about the whistle-blowing websites tweets and other account information. wikileaks says u.s. investigators have a subpoena and are demanding private messages, contact information and other personal details of wikileaks' founer, julian assange and other supporters. wikileaks is blasting the court order saying it amounts to harassment. twitter is not commenting on this case saying it is its policy to notify users, if possible, about government requests for information. >>> speculation is swirling after video and images of china's alleged stealth fighter hit the internet despite china's tight internet control. a few chinese bloggers posted what appear to be first-hand stories of the fighter jet going through tests. the jet would be the world's only rival to the american f-22, which is the only fully operational stealth fighter in the world. the internet leak is puzzling. some say china could simply be trying to put more transparent information

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. >> he says he gave details of thousands of tax evaders to the wikileaks website. somgoldman sachs reports a big p in profit. elem not stop and from paying out billions in bonuses. -- that will not stop them from paying billions and bonuses. >> in the middle of a carefully courted dated the day, the empress stability has setup a surprising admission from hu jintao. he has acknowledged a lot needs to be done to improve human rights in his country. china has come a long way on the issue. he is being candid with his visitor. we talk trade and currency. >> together they preside over a quarter of the world's cooperation. they covered each other's welfare. >> we have an enormous stake in each other's success, in an interconnected world and in global economy nations will be more prosperous and more secure when we work together. >> do they trust each other? they spent the morning in talks. he said china's currency is still too weak. he said change a, a schedule and not americans. then they faced the cameras. mr. hu is hard to read bu. >> can you explain how they can be so

demonstrated placed some of the documents wikileaks posted automobile to the wall. demonstrators claim that several media outlets reported that wikileaks posted the documents online and they criticize the persecution of the web site's founder, julian assange. >> how resort operators got people stuck on a ski lift back down. >> a day to savor meteorologist leigh glaser tells us if there's any rain. >> mike: nfl playoffs steelers and ravens. baltimore had a 14-point lead and that evan [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot. pastrami. don't dare call it a cover band -- unless you're talking about covering freshly baked bread with layer upon layer of flavor-packed pastrami. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity with pickles mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. t your weigh left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... ma

is as for this wikileaks is concerned as far as wikileaks is concerned what have you done. there's been many other countries u.s. defense -- >> still on the wikileaks for the future [inaudible] >> you have to talk to the cronies you'd have to talk to them. >> [inaudible] do you have -- if anybody has connection with the wikileaks. >> i am not aware of any specific engagements with regard to the conversations with regard to fallout from anything that has been disclosed by wikileaks in the u.s. in the military relationship. we've gone to great lengths and all of our bilateral relationships to differ advanced warning to our friends and allies around the world about what we are potentially in the documents. i know our colleagues stayed the same things on the diplomatic basis so we have been worried forthright about this and obviously it's been an embarrassing and i think people lost sight a little bit about how damaging this has been in terms of diplomatic relations and in terms of the potential harm and in terms of the fallout and the intelligence sharing relationships. these

several outlets claim week week -- wikileaks posted the documents online, and criticized the web site's founder. >>> san francisco police are look looking for suspects in a fatal shooting at the lookout on twin peaks. investigators say the dispute followed a dispute between two groups of people. a 23-year-old died from multiple gunshot wounds, witness said two or three suspects fled in a white honda odd desi. >> slammed the door shut, and just the fact three shots fired, about.22 caliber, small-round fire. and nothing loud. >> terry: anyone with information is asked to call san francisco police. >>> a teenaged boy was killed and two other people injured after gunfire broke out in the bay point residential neighbor last night. officers found a 17-year-old buy lying outside a house with a gunshot wound, 15-year-old and a 20-year-old man were treated for minor injuries. there are no suspects in the case. >>> a rape suspect is hospitalized this evening after police say he assaulted an 80-year-old in-law in richmond. the suggest suspect is anthony square and will be placed in custody as soon

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. >> on wikileaks it was described as a police state. is that how you would describe it? >> i did not follow your question. >> on wikileaks, tunisia was described by some as a police state. is that how you would do your country? >> it was exactly the reality. [unintelligible] was very [unintelligible] and he has made very accurate descriptions of the political system in tunisia. >> the former ambassador speaking there. let's move on. brazilians have started burying victims of the floods that have claimed 500 lives. it has the worst natural disaster in decades. rescuers are struggling to access remote areas. one affected place is one mountainous area around rio dÉÀa narrow. >> the torrents of money brown water is still flowing. the rescuers had a massive struggle to just reach the victims. floods were so powerful that a car was down three floors up. families were destroyed. >> i lost my mother, my daughter and my granddaughter. i don't know what to do from now on. >> yesterday we reported on the rescue of this woman. later she spoke to reporters still traumatized. >> i rea

we'll turn now to another potential bombshell for wikileaks. former swiss banker facing charges for violates swiss banking laws is giving details of 2,000 offshore accounts to wikileaks today. documents which he claims will show widespread tax evasion by many high profile individuals and institutions, including americans. jim sciutto joins us from washington. jim, this is just breaking now. what more do we know about the new documents? >> well, the whistle-blower, has just handed these cds to julian assange himself, he said among those 2,000 accounts are american, european and asian multi national companies, politicians, celebrities and even organized crime and three major financial institutions. he claims the documents give evidence of massive potential tax evasions by those individuals and corporations, but also potentially illegal activities by banks. george, he said he tried to approach the authorities with this information but wikileaks was his only hope to get the word out. >> but wikileaks is not backing up his claims yet. they're not ju

assange said wikileaks will vet the data before making it public.it is no surprise that the mov about this phenomenon about facebook is taking home awards. they got best drama and best director, but the real top of the evening was a special appearance by michael douglas. -- the real talk of the evening. >> michael douglas may not have won a golden globe this year, but he was treated like a winner because he recently won his butt against cancer. [cheers and applause] -- his battle against cancer. >> there has got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. [laughter] >> then, it was on two more winners. >> and the golden globe goes to "the social network." >> the film, about the founding of the social network site facebook, took four awards, including best screenplay. there was a film about two lesbian parents which also took a four golden globes, including best actress for annette bening. she said about her costar -- >> she made it possible for us to shoot it when we did. so, you are a class act. thank you. >> other winners included natalie portm

google not one of the companies banning wikileaks's activities. schmidt saying google plans to continue indexing wikileaks's content. a company from germany saying it's legal. payment system operators are dropped wikileaks as a customers over controversy surrounding the content and allegations of sexual misconduct by julian assange. a report showing the biggest year on year price drop. so the fear here double dipped in housing prices. this is the biggest year on year drop since december 2009 and that was the depth of the reception. a growing problem with foreclosures and anemic job growth. san francisco the weakness in home prices also continued in november. sweetness here. a bit lower here. a bunch of companies reporting weaker than expected results. all coming up short there. we have a two-day fed meeting which begins today. so some nervousness there what the fed may do, if anything. the dow, s & p and nasdaq all slightly lower with the nasdaq most percentagewise losses here today. at the new york stock exchange, i'm ja king, bloomberg news. >>

the department got a court order for information about wikileaks' corporate twitter account and wikileaksnder julian assange and wikileaks reporters. >> a flood of security concerns from lawmakers in the wake of arizona's shooting rampage. john boehner convened a conference call with f.b.i. and lawmakers reminding them to report any specific activity to u.s. capitol police. the f.b.i. asked some lawmakers for details on schedules to determine how to protect them. >> the contra costa times listed how college creditors are becoming the learning police. they're turning up the heat -- crediting agencies are under pressure from the federal government so turning up the heat with a closer eye on student achievement. some say they have no empirical way of measuring performance. many colleges though need accreditation to get public money. >> we posted a link to the complete articles on our website, abc7news.com. just look under the must reads tab. >> a controversial dog leash proposal for marin county beaches will take center stage. controlling dogs at 21 sites under its jurisdiction. the park sup

. >>> a former swiss banker today gave documents to wikileaks which he claims are evidence that wealthy business and political leaders evade tax payments. in london, wikileaks found that -- claimed that high net worth celebrities, business leaders and lawmakers participated in shady financial transactions. no names were provided. assange says his website is so busy releasing cables, it could be weeks before he reveals these fbl documents. >>> a new study says the more children and teens play video games, the greater their risk of depression and anxiety. they looked at the habits of 3,000 children in singapore. they found excessive games worsened depression, anxiety and social phobias among children who already study from mental health problems. school performance was also affected. >>> there are new recommendations for women and osteoporosis. it is recommended that all women over the age of 65 should get screened, but doctors are also urging women younger than 65 to get screened if they have certain risk factors. weighing under 125 pounds, drinking, smoking as well as a history of bone

handing over details of thousands of alleged tax evaders to wikileaks. >> you are watching "bbc news". the exhibition on the british princes that continues to fascinate the american people. -- british princess that continues to fascinate the american people. the new 33 relatives of zine al-abidine ben ali have been arrested. >> the demonstrators were back on the streets of to and is demanding that each and every minister associated with president ben ali the acid from the unity government. more than 100 are estimated to have been killed during the past five weeks and ministers are said to be discussing ways to resolve the situation. in a televised address, the interim president promised to deliver a complete break from the past and protect the will of the people. the un secretary general, ban ki-moon, says he hopes he means it. >> now the tunisian government is formed. i hope their new government will listen more attentively to the wishes of the people, addressing many concerns, during this transition. first of all, provide decent jobs for youth, addressing their wishes to have more f

. >> la visita de clinton coincide con nuevas revelación de wikileaks de ayuda péed por el presidente y qué otros asuntos se han revelado y ha habido alguna reacción hasta el momento?. >> bueno en afecto el cono keks to de esta visita aquí es que hay nuevos cables de wikileaks donde dicen que el presidente le pide la ayuda a napolitano para que es mi servicio de inteligencia le foco hélice zonas rojas y se dice que militares capacitados con táctica especial fácil estadounidense han pasado al otro bando a el criminales a "los zetas" a este respecto la secretaría hillary respondió que no va dar constatación a documentos productos de información ilegal. >> es mi reporte maría elena. >> un tema penoso. >> y el presidente obama llegó a la mitad de su mano tato y hará un resumen de cómo está el país mañana martes será su sed discurso sobre el estado de la nación. un presidente que se ha visto a obligado a cambiar estrategia aúna más ceno tribunals ta como dice el reportaje los mael de las economía y la creación de nuevos empleos tendrán prioridad en el sdrurs presidencial de mañana. >> el p

about this more. >> reporter: wikileaks already distributed the secrets. now it just needs to tell people how to unlock them. assange says his organization has sent digital pacts of secrets to thousands upon thousands of those over the globe, but they are encrypted remaining secret for now. if some government is able to shut down the wikileaks website or assange or his lawyers, all they have to do is make sure the people get the secret numeric key to unlock the leaks. we have gotten pretty sophisticated about the internet, so it is easy to forget how new it is. a video flying around youtube shows the hosts of the "today" show talking during a commercial break after brian gumable got tripped up reading an e-mail address. he had never seen one before. >> it is at nbc. >> what is the internet anyway? >> someone off camera goes on to explain it is a network of computers. and, brent, it is getting bigger and bigger. it is easy to laugh at the time, but we tend to forget how brand new all of this is. >> it is for some people. it has been part of their daily life

still ahead, the new threats wikileaks founder is making and the mystery grows.irst it was arkansas, then louisiana and tennessee. now dozens of dead birds are found here in the bay area. wee i want you to >> >> the founder of wikileaks vowed today to step up his site' release of u.s. documents while he fights extradition to sweden. that's where he faces rape charges. he had a short hearing in london today to talk about his next court date in february. he said his expedition to fremont could lead to the u.s. and quantanamo bay. the leaks so far have damaged his international relationships and put lives at risk. >> police say they believe all three were involved when a sing the shot hit and kel grisby yesterday. he was killed as he walked out of his grandmother's home on fleming avenue. he managed to run back into the house where he collapse and died. grief counselors are on hand at the high school to cope with the loss. >> birds mysteriously falling from the sky dead. on saturday more than 100 dead birds were found clustered in guiserville. on new year's eve more

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rights activists and foreign diplomates named by wikileaks. >>> and anchors away. adecommissioned u.s. navy vessel is sent to its final resting place. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and a very good morning to you. welcome to those including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. today, we begin with a new chief in the house. president obama has named a new chief of staff, political manager william daley. incomes's brian mooar joins us live from washington with the latest on that as well as a busy day in congress yesterday. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. the president's new gatekeeper is well known here in washington. former commerce secretary, some liberals not happy about this choice saying it's like bringing wall street into the white house. meanwhile, the congressional budget office says that a repeal of the health care law would add $237 billion to the federal deficit over a decade. still, new house speaker john boehner says she going full speed ahead in trying to get that law knocked off the books. and

the next possible wikileaks target, and the liberation of employees at one swiss bank.your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, did ricky gervais earn himself an invite not to return next year? >> was it enough? another unbeaten fall in college basketball, and is rick blake the best in the nba? he certainly was yesterday. you're watching "early today." stoudemire. >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. new video out of brazil shows the dramatic rescue of a man who survived 16 hours trapped under 13 feet of mud and rubble following last week's deadly floods. despite that ordeal, doctors say he is recovering well in intensive care. >>> new documents made public yesterday, italian prosecutors allege prime minister silvio berlusconi financially supported and had sex with a "significant number of young prostitutes." the revelation is part of an investigation into whether berlusconi paid to have sex with an underaged nightclub dancer. berlusconi has denied any wrong doing. >>> scientists for the u.s. geological survey ar

that includes wikileaks account and the accounts of three wikileaks supporters. one of the forth supporters is a member of iceland parliament. the united states is trying to build a case genesic di leaks. >>> and former house majority leader tom delay will find out his fate this week. his sentencing hearing begins in texas. tom delay was convicted in november for money laundering and conspiracy to funnel corporate money. he faces up to life in prison. tom delay's lawyers are asking for probation. >>> time now is 18 minutes after 6:00. sal is closely watching the bay bridge today. what is going on? >> we are expecting more people sam and dave as some schools are back in. i'm not predicting it's going to be really terrible. i think we will see a little bit more of a crowded commute this week at the toll plaza. they switched the metering lights on so we don't see a big crowd. maybe i'm wrong. i hope i am. it will be great day there. i don't know we'll see. we will be watching it. let's take a look at northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. that traffic is looking g

. >>> a local company is involved into the investigation of wikileaks. the well-known name that has been ordered by the deral government to handover private information. >>> business owners that want want a private shopping district. >>> what other members of congress are doing about their own security. >>> good morning westbound san mateo bridge traffic looking good heading off to the high- rise. we will tell you more straight ahead. >>> welcome back to the morning news. in washington, d.c. this morning president obama will lead a moment of silence in honor of the tucson shooting victims. members of congress are taking a look into their security. alison burns joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, to you. let's get to a look here at the white house. president obama has ordered the flags lowered here and public buildings across the country. the president and mrs. obama will lead a moment of silence in just a few hours. as we take a look now at gifford's capitol hill office john boehner is leading a behind the scenes effort to help lawmakers cope

when it comes to wikileaks, at the end of the last congress we couldn't get a whistleblower bill passed because ultimately the next whistleblower bill has to deal with wikileaks and the loss of the classified documents in a mature, bipartisan way. we're going to do that off the bat. because the kind of transparency we need is not to have somebody outing what is said by diplomats in private. we need to change that. that's going to be a big part of our committee's oversight is to get that rights so the diplomats can do the job with confidence. and people can talk to our government with confidence. >> chris: when you say attorney general holder is guilty of all of those failures, should he step down? >> i think he needs to realize that for example, wikileaks, if the president says i can't deal with this guy as a terrorist, then he has to deal with him as a criminal, otherwise the world is laughing at this paper tiger we've become. so he's hurting this administration. if you are hurting the administration, either stop hurting the administration, or leave. >> chris: we've got a couple of min

. >> secrets are not over yet sensitive information wikileaks plans to leak about celebrities, business leaders, lawmakers ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands? gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. >>> a lot of fog, very dense, warming up into the 60s. many parts inside the bay the rest of the forecast coming up. >> thank you lawrence the gang rape case against several members of the college baseball team will move back to court the alleged victim is bringing civil charges against the defendants since the former santa clara county da refused to prosecute the 2007 case. the new da will watch proceedings close by to see if new evidence comes to light. >> concord police search for the drive whore hit and killed a woman -- driver who hit and killed a woman and her dog. she was walking her dog when hit by a 17-year-old driver as he stopped to check on the woman she was hit by a second driver driver of that car took off the woman and dog died at the scene. >> police

>> no, era necesario despuÉs de las revelaciones de wikileaks, se esperaba esto.se haga algo para controlar el trÁfico de armas. este trÁfico no va a cambiar. está visto que el presidente no va a tocar el tema, a pesar que calderÓn vino y ante el congreso pidiÓ que se restablezca nuevamente la prohibiciÓn de las armas automÁticas de asalto. >> algo que puedas destacar? >> hillary clinton dijo que iban a poner 500 millones mÁs y 60 millones pesos iban a servir para el plan para controlar el tema de las armas. si hay un compromiso, lo que pasa es que a veces en mÉxico, estuve con unos amigos mexicanos conversando, en mÉxico esperan que estados unidos pelÉ con el ejÉrcito de los narcotraficantes. >> en los informes de wikileaks decÍan que habÍan pedido la ayuda de estados unidos pero la idea del ejÉrcito en mexico es impensable. >> no serÍa bien visto por los mexicanos. >> tendrÍamos que cambiar el nombre de mÉxico a irak, irak del sur. ¿cuÁnto tiene invertido estados unidso en las armas ilegales? tambiÉn el gobierno, son miles de millones. >> no solamente las armas,

. >> prosecutors are turning to twitter and the internet who find users who may have helped wikileaks. >> a number of courts have gotten involved. in virginia issuing an order that twitter turn over the records if they are needed in a criminal investigation against wikileaks one target is a member of the legislature in iceland. the electronic frop tear foundation. the criminal case is unclear. we know wikileaks threatened to release more records if this case continues new talk about when and where we will see ipad 2 or at least that's what we anticipate they will announce in january. the early word we are get suggest january 19th, though that can change. we hear from a variety of reports that rupert murdoch will join steve jobs on stage. they are working on a newspaper called the daily. today in new york city, we expect verizon to announce they are getting the iphone for their network >> we want to check the morning commute. >> good morning. we have more crowd on the roadway and an update to the accident on the peninsula. the chp is closed and the slow lane approaching. an ambulance a