reporter: jason hired a different jason, jason swain to turn it into a work of art. >> this sculpture here, we went with the majestic eagle coming in to land under a branch. >> i'm trying to do something that's patriotic. i want to make this a commemorative that honors our soldiers. reporter: jason the artist has been working on this 11 foot tall statue for the last six weeks, but jason the homeowner has been getting grief from the county since november and he's got the paperwork to prove it. a county housing inspector cited them for failure to remove solid waste from their property. >> my artwork has been called a lot of things, but never rubbish. reporter: the orensteins were threatened with a court date and fines up to $750 a day. >> you have a government official who's abusing his power and misreading what the law was intended for. reporter: now, it's been four months since the oren steins received that first violation. that's four months of stress and legal fees. but just this afternoon i got an e-mail from a county spokeswoman and it reads, since i spoke to you this morning, we'

john. >> jason carol live in newark. and as jason noted, white a scene outside the funeral home. where whitney houston's body was brought earlier this week. fans come by, leave flowers, balloons, hand written messages. marvin wi wyans will deliver th eulo eulogy. they were close. that was clear from the interview. >> joining me now, pastor of the new perfecting church in detroit, marvin winans. you and your family, obviously, so close to the houston family, how is your family doing? how is whitney's family doing? >> well, my mother, after we had heard it, she said she felt as if she had lost one of her children. and i said, mom, it's because you have. and talking with cissy, just, when i called her, i said, mom, it's going to be all right. faith plays a great part in how we cope with uncertainties in life. it's not something that we run from in difficulty. it's something we run to. so by the grace of god, everyone's holding up pretty well. >> you were there for her wedding. and you're there for her coming home in a celebration of her life this weekend. how do you even go about wr

please welcome jason moran. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> that was jason moran. and the smithsonian magazine recently dubbed him keeper of the keys and after that rendition of ellington's "i like the sunrise" i think we all know why. yes. thank you, jason moran. every day millions experience the wonder of the smithsonian. children engage with timeless artwork in all of its museums. teachers spark the fascination of teenagers with science lessons shaped by the smithsonian scholars. researchers navigate the vastness of the ocean and explore the biodiversity of panama. guiding the work of the largest museum and research complex in the world is dr. wayne clough. as the 12th secretary of the smithsonian, wayne clough is overseeing a $900 million building and renovation program which includes the construction of the smithsonian's 19th museum, the national museum of african-american history and culture for which we are breaking ground today. with a doctorate in civil engineering from the university of california at berkeley, clough was president of the georgia institute

gosh commissioners, my name is jason elliott -- >> commissioners, my name is jason elliott from the -- it started as a discussion with the director and with chris, so appreciation to them for months and months ago, coming to us with an idea. the charter amendment that you are considering today and what you have in your blinders is, in principle, what i would like to discuss today. a few minutes ago, we received potential amendments that we are considering making. if i can, we can talk a little bit more conceptually about the idea as opposed to the specific line by line. we are moving away from the exact wording of what is in the packets. but just to take a step back, the idea here that the mayor made clear in his inaugural address yesterday morning, the number one priority is jobs for all people in san francisco. to that extent, having a smart economic development policy, and innovation corridor through the day and through central market, we have tremendous amount of investments that we are making a citywide. simply put, city government should be a partner in this to create these jobs

jason thomas scott is a case study in the modern criminal mind. educated, good looking, he orchestrated a fear that paralyzed parts of prince george's county for two years. 29 home burglaries, 9 home invasions and the sexual assault of a minor. he is also indicted in the murders of mother and daughter and named suspect in the killing of a mother and daughter. all undetected at first because if terror was jason's assignment he aced it. >> he studied. he'd watch tv shows that focused on criminal forensics and he used that information to help him in his criminal endeavors whether it was hiding his dna by always wearing gloves or turning off his cell phone and going as far to take his battery out of the cell phone because he thought perhaps the police will be able to trace where his cell phone was. >> reporter: special agents would come to know the devil in jason scott's details. scott who at times didn't work alone made use of a database where he worked at ups to target and gather information. according to court records he would case homes and neighb

jason purlcall's parents rindian. he grew up here in the quiet suburbs of tacoma, washington. >> i never met anyone with jason's sense of loyalty and his sense of family. >> reporter: as a teenager, he got good grades and went on to graduate from the university of washington. >> jason, big goofy smile. >> reporter: after clenollege, joined the peace corps. he fell in love with a local beauty, married and started a family. he settled down in nicaragua selling real estate to a growing number of americans who see this sea side village as the perfect place to retire. but some of the country's darker past lingers here as well. on november 11th, 2010, jason was arrested along with 10 local men. his mother was there visiting when police stormed in. >> i was thinking that this is all some strange mistake and things will be over pretty soon. >> reporter: instead, jason was held in prison for nine months, then charged and ultimately convicted for international drug trafficking and money laundering. his prison sentence, 22 years

so jason -- biggs? [ laughter ]

back to you, grace. >> jason, facebook has gotten so much attention. do you think they will have any trouble convincing investors to put their money in? >> reporter: well, i think we'll see a lot of excitement from investors. there's been a lot of excitement for social media. we saw that with groupon, zynga. linkedin. facebook is the big one people have been waiting for. a key factor is the float, how much is made public. most of the companies have been doing very small floats and not a whole lot of the company is made available. i you this we'll see quite a -- i think we'll probably see quite a bit of excitement unless it's so high that people are nervous. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> politics now. republican presidential hopefuls are all heading west after mitt romney's convincing win in the florida primary. but newt gingrich is confident his fortunes will change in nevada. randall pinkston shows us what's next for the candidates. >>> reporter: mitt romney is on a roll celebrating a double- digit win in florida the

this is jason. his mother dinella as well. she says that she was three days overdue and she was starting to get a little bit uncomfortable, believe it or not. jason is actually the biggest baby in the history of whittier hospital medical center in whittier, california. dinella says jason has double the appetite, downing 4 ounces of formula per feeding. ♪ $10 any pizza any way you like it ♪ >>> maybe you've seen this guy around here. he is david johnson from the d.c. area. that's the jingle he wrote that will debut before the super bowl tomorrow. jason won a nationwide contest for pizza hut. he also wins a year's worth of free pizza. remember, watch the super bowl tomorrow night only on nbc 4. the patriots and giants kick off at 6:29. after the game, watch the season 2 premiere of "the voice" followed by news4 at 11:00. >>> next, jim vance, dan helly in indianapolis. they will share their super bowl predictions with us. >>> and chuck bell will tell us ring ring hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic! ring ring] progresso. the

you were married to jason alexzander in the 1980s. >> that was a different jason. well, maybe it was him. the 1980s was a longtime ago. i was in high school then. why is everyone laughing? >> what do you make of this? jason alexzander is a whiney baby who is jealous of his good looks? >> thank you for stealing my line. i actually didn't think he was totally rude to mitt romney. he said i am thrilled. he used to be a good guy. he acknowledged -- that was a stab. he stabbed him. that was an open stab. >> i prefer to see things positively. >> you will find out later tonight. >> bill, there is almost nothing to this story. it is as thin as your discarded underwear. and the debate was boring. try to make something substantial out of this. he used this joke three times. that works if you are my uncle ned. but it doesn't work when you are a presidential candidate. >> and the real story is mitt romney is not going to hit the high note. he will lose the contest with obama. that's what he will end it on. jay you are so right that obama is going to win. you know what else --

our national correspondent jason carroll is near that procession right now. he's in new york, new jersey, where services will begin 2 1/2 hours from now. jason, i understand you have some new information about what's going to take place today. >> i do, gary. i spoke to a friend of the houston family who gave me an all-details of exactly what we will be hearing, what we will be seeing when the service takes place. it's scheduled for about are noon, but the family friend telling me so many people will be backing into the new hope baptist church, they might have to slide it back just a little bit. but let's go over the program with you. it will begin with the processional. the new hope and new jersey mass choirs will be singing "the lord is my shepherd" followed by a scripture read by pastor joe carter. and when i spoke to caster carter a little earlier this week, he told me, yes, there will be tears, but this will be a musical celebration of whit knew houston's life. and you'll be hearing about that. there will be a solo by donnie mcclerkin, followed by remarks

[applause] and representing at&t we have jason chan. jason? jason is probably busy making phone calls. right here. [applause]

jason. let's look at a picture of you with president eisenhower. you can see the pictures. >> that was taken -- actually, mcclellan should have been there. he was back home in california. eisenhower invited me to the office to thank us really, thanks to everybody. including the people on the stage here. all the guides. for the fantastic job that we had done. >> jason, let's have the next picture. who designed the exhibition? >> we had welton beckett was a major california firm that did a lot. they subcontracted to some italian contractors. we had the buck minister fuller dome. buck minister fuller, i think, was very generous. he let one of his top colleagues come up with other ideas, and they expanded his idea and anodized the aluminum gold color. and it was 75 feet high and could hold about 5,000 people standing up watching the exhibits and things like that. it was, don't you think, tanya, it was just enormous? >> wasn't jake macy involved? >> no. jack macy was the usia. and he was a brilliant coordinator of this exhibition. and jack did a really

[applause] and representing at&t we have jason chan. jason? jason is probably busy making phone calls. right here. [applause] and representing bank of america, rosana lunge. [applause] and representing croft , ron lowe, ron? and representing croft , ron lowe, ron?

jason? >> the plan is revenue neutral. we don't think we could afford at a time like this of large deficits to be spending money on corporate tax reform that you'd have to make up with a deeper cut somewhere else. but we also think this can help us with our fiscal discipline. year after year we have tax cuts for businesses that we do a year at a time. we never pay for them. this plan would either pay for them or we'd get rid of them. so it would help cut our deficit and contribute to fiscal responsibility. >> okay, jason furman from the white house, jason, thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. do not miss a live interview with treasury secretary tim geithner coming up on "squawk box" this friday 8:30 a.m. sure to be a big one. i guarantee we'll talk about corporate tax rates. the tell prompter says this, chat with cramer. he's the man with one name. he's greenberg, he's cramer. you came out in our segment we talked about cheesecake and lumber liquidators, my question to you during the commercial break that viewers couldn'

corzine should answer. >> paul: jason, what's your betting on the supreme court case? are they going to overturn racial preferences? >> i think a majority of the court will limit them significantly, if not overturn them altogether. >> paul: okay, remember, if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us at ge rechlt@foxnews.com and

[applause] and representing at&t we have jason chan. jason? jason is probably busy making phone calls. right here. [applause] and representing bank of america, rosana lunge. [applause] and representing croft , ron lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonald's and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank you very much. and for joining us and hope to see you again next year. and it's so special that our new police chief is with us. and would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> i don't think that that was actually a question. [laughter] i'm just really pleased to be here. i wasn't prepared to say anything. but just the culture and what it does for the community, it really does leave me without much to say other than thank you for everybody does. and thanks for having me. [applause] >> thank you, chief. and thank you, claudine. i hope you were able to meet some. greeters in the lobby before the event

my friend and national correspondent jason carroll is there in newark. jason, what's the latest? >> reporter: i guess we're getting closer to the final moments, aren't we, gary, when folks will be coming down to the new hope baptist church to say their final good-byes. this morning i spoke with a friend of the houston family who was able to share with me the details of what exactly we can expect during the service. it will open with the new hope mass choir singing along with the new jersey mass choir. they'll be singing the lord is my shepherd. following that pastor joe carter will be reading a scripture. he told me earlier this week, yes, we will be acknowledging the hurt, there will be tears, but we'll also be celebrating the music life that was whitney houston. a solo then will be performed by donnie mcclurkin. he'll be singing "stand." that will be followed by remarks by noted filmmaker tyler perry, who was a friend of the houston family. that will be followed by a sew loi by bebe winans, "home." kim burrell is noted the gospel community. she's been friends with whitney houst

so jason -- biggs? [ laughter ] >> dude -- >> jimmy: jason average? >> yeah, he's -- yeah. he's a good size. >> jimmy: all right -- [ laughter ] >> what am i supposed to say? it's so weird. >> jimmy: all right. now, i know it's weird. but look -- let's talk about "goon." "goon," you can get right now -- on demand. >> yeah, yeah, >> jimmy: and it's in theatres march 30th. >> 30th. yeah, it's a great film, too. >> jimmy: this is a hockey movie? >> yeah, it's totally different. it's a hockey fight comedy. it's kind of like "fight club" meets "slapshot." but jay baruchel, who is a great actor and evan goldberg, they've -- a great writer -- they worked together with apatow films in -- >> jimmy: oh, that's right, yeah. >> "pineapple express" and "superbad." so the comedy is awesome in it, but it's got a lotta heart, a lot of violence. liev schreiber is in it. and i get to play a totally different character. like a -- a nice guy. >> jimmy: hey, that's pretty good. that's getting -- >> and you see jason biggs' penis in it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, that's not true. >> yeah. >> jim

and those things just happen. >>> coming up, jason richardson is visited by his girlfriend. but first, beau and michelle culberson have a family reunion with their infant son. >> peek-a-boo. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell yo

let me ask you this, jason. suppose the cnn moderator, i think it's going to be john king, suppose he goes after the satan quote or other culture war quotes. might santorum who absolutely believes in what he believes, might turn this around and steal the debate on those subjects? >> i think he should. he can take a line from newt gingrich and turn it back on the moderates, the media. santorum, an interesting scenario heads i win, tails you lose. he is asked about his theological beliefs. the satan quote taken from four years ago, a 2008 speech, not even running for president. and he's not going to back away, because these are his core beliefs and that's fine. the fact that he's talking about a spiritual -- a spiritual realm, good versus evil, this is christian doctrine, going back 2,000 years. nothing really controversial and barack obama talks about redistribution of wealth in terms of that's what jesus would do. nancy pelosi, talking about obama care, that's what jesus would do. if the left can use jesus to pr

the e-mail as said, jason's e-mail, jason weinstein's e-mail, he was talking about wide receiver and not fast and furious. >> thank you before holder. i yield back my time. >> i would like to explain something. the third -- i'm out of time, but the chairman as i understand has some prerogatives. >> in the case of an accusation of false statement, i will briefly -- brian terry's mother and father were told by a law enforcement official that they believed it was the third gun. the missing number that was later explained seemed to corroborate it. ultimately, though, three people have reported that they were told that there was a third weapon. now, we don't know if there was or wasn't. justice has not infirmed whether or not there is a ballistic match on the two fast and furious weapons, nor have they confirmed that they are looking for an additional weapon or additional shooter. i take very seriously getting the facts right. the fact is, we report in a limited basis, things which in this case, the press would weigh ahead of, and you said, yes, we're looking into it. we did, and i will a

great to be here. >> up next, a great performance from jason mraz. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> so catchy, isn't it? before we get to jason, we want to congratulate our friend, reed alexander. what a great accomplishment. one kid's life can impact 30 million others by doing the right thing and for all the right reasons. >> sure can. >> jason mraz releases his third studio album in april called "love is a four-letter word." here's his latest song and take it, jason. ♪ ♪ well you done done me and you bet i felt it i tried to be chill ♪ ♪ but you're so hot that i melted i fell right through the cracks now i'm trying to get back ♪ ♪ before the cool done run out i'll be giving it my bestest and nothing's going to stop me ♪ ♪ but divine intervention i reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some ♪ ♪ but i won't hesitate no more no more ♪ ♪ it cannot wait i'm yours ♪ well open up your mind and see like me open up your plans ♪ ♪ and damn you're free look into your heart and you'll find ♪ ♪ love, love, lo

jason thanks for your thoughts good to talk to you that live image jason it's that i want to thank you. let fia has held a referendum on whether russian should become the country's second official language authorities claim that threatens national integrity despite russians making up a third of the population and as it makes you the ship he reports this vote is just the first step to and the decades long discrimination. valente from a lot of us russian minority says his country's government has gone too far having lived in lot of all his life it was only recently that he managed to exchange a temporary residence permit to a full passport but now this father of three faces another hurdle for his family this time and that his children and their education was a pass through legislation that school schools sixty percent of the lessons must be taught in latvian language but excuse me chemistry biology and physics it's difficult to get it even in your own language and it does create a lot of problems for the students at the moment and of course it lowers their results it was the threat that

. >> jason, let's have the next picture. who designed the exhibition? >> we had welton beckett was a major california firm that did a lot. they subcontracted to some italian contractors. we had the buck minister fuller dome. buck minister fuller, i think, was very generous. he let one of his top colleagues come up with other ideas, and they expanded his idea and anodized the aluminum gold color. and it was 75 feet high and could hold about 5,000 people standing up watching the exhibits and things like that. it was, don't you think, tanya, it was just enormous? >> wasn't jake macy involved? >> no. jack macy was the usia. and he was a brilliant coordinator of this exhibition. and jack did a really terrific job. >> did we get as much space from the soviets as we asked for? this looks like -- >> we got ten-acre site and they got the coliseum in the heart of new york. it was easier for new yorkers to get there. but sokolniki and mcclellan warned me, we had only six months to build this exhibition. one of the things that happened, eisenhower was so interested

. >> jason hired a different jason to turn it into a work of art. >> the sculpture here, the majestic eagle coming in to land. >> i'm trying to do something patriotic. i want to make this a commemorative that honors our soldiers. >> jason has been working on this for the last six weeks, but he has been getting briefed, but he has the paperwork to prove it. a county housing -- failing to remove solid waste from their property. >> it has never been called rubbish. >> they were threatened with a court date and fines up to $750 a day. >> you have a government official who is abusing his power and misreading what the law was intended for. >> it's been four months since they received that first violation. that's four months of stress and legal fees. but just this afternoon, i got an e-mail from a county spokeswoman and it reads, since i spoke to you this morning, we received correspondence from the property owner indicating that the remaining standing tree section will be converted into a piece of carved artwork. we are dismissing the citation. >> it's shocking back in december when we sent

the massive and profitable military industrial complex how to talk more about this i'm joined now by jason burma's he is the director of invisible empire a new world order defined. so big companies turning to stratfor for intelligence information so obviously there is quite a demand for their services is intelligence yet another piece of the military industrial complex. well absolutely it's part of this ensure goal check not believe that we now have not only in this country but across the world it shows you that corporations can now buy intelligence networks that are heavily heavily involved with our own u.s. intelligence networks in fact even the mainstream media is dubbing them the the shadow cia this is a firm that was created in one thousand nine hundred six by george friedman this man was a political analyst political scientist he'd spoken to darpa the u.s. army war college on many occasions and essentially started this firm that is not only for hire but has facility to cilla tainted money laundering paying informants overseas already we're seeing some of these e-mails leak where stra

jason, can we have you come back up, please? there is no further public comment, so we'd like to bring jason up again. >> can you clarify the last sentence that he is referring to? >> yes. no, i can't. yes, i can address that, no, i can't give you the clarity your looking for. it was languages suggested to us by the drafting city attorneys. and the intent of this ordinance, i'm sorry, of this charter amendment is not to fully halt and kill legislation being conproposed. if we proposed a charter amendment that would give someone the ultimate authority to kill legislation, we would have just done that. we took a more moderated is that -- step, and this language adddresses --- i don't want to expand to much. -- expound too much. i don't think the small business commission we adequateighed -- adequately weighed alternatives, so i will sue to a halt. it was not our intention to create a mechanism like that. this is about public process, not about killing legislation. >> will this mean that if they don't comply in terms of just bringi

here now is kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks. jason, the question is kind of -- will this be sustainable, right? >> that's the key, grace. we have actually seen a decent trend over the past several months. and the gain today obviously a lot bigger than what we've seen. over the past five months an average of 183,000 jobs being added to the economy. that's enough to keep the employment situation in line with all the new people coming into the picture. 250,000 starts to bring down unemployment. now, we have to remember that there's still so many people that are unemployed out there. 12.7million in january. 5.5 million people who are considered underemployed, people working part time that wish they were working full time. in fact, the underemployment rate is 15.1%. just a staggering number. but this is the trend that we need to see. it would help out in so many different ways. we have just talked about the housing market and all the homeowners dealing with foreclosure. the housing market would get a huge boost if employment rose, al

leopold lead investigator reporter at truthout and the one that's suing these agencies so jason thanks so much for joining us tonight and i guess tell me more about why you decided to sue here right jews have one bad experience with one agency or is there a pattern or trend that you discovered. well clearly as the lawsuit states it's it's a pattern and it's a pattern with the cia with the department of justice with the f.b.i. which i have been dealing with over the past couple of months i file dozens of freedom of information act requests and you know one of the problems with filing freedom of information act request is that we already know that these agencies are backlog that's the reality however for reporters it's it's crucial to try and obtain as much information as possible from the agency so we can plan our reporting one the little known provision in the foil law that is that was amended back in two thousand and seven actually says that you know these government agencies must provide requesters with estimated dates of completion and some agencies do follow those or do the follow

the other, jason wright. but now only one of them remains at limon. >> we went on lockdown. and they shook tommy down and his cellie. it was a long shakedown, too. it was probably over an hour. maybe even longer than that. >> we had information that he was involved in drugs. we sent staff over to shake his cell down. and they found what tested positive for meth. >> they took him to the hole that night. two days later he was gone. they moved him. >> we just figured it was better to get holloman out of the cell and out of the picture because his name just keeps coming up. every time something seems to be happening and we get to the bottom of it, it leads to him. he's got enough clout that he can always have one of his cronies take the rap for it. it's best to give him a new start somewhere else. we'll see who floats to the top here in the 211. >> one of my friends told me that tommy had got moved out like a day or two, last week, or whenever it was. i don't think that would change my security here in this facility. because i know it's out there, whatever they told their friend

jason, let's roll the videotape, please. it's quite something. >> i can only say that this competition you have just described so effectively in which you plan to outstrip us and particularly in the production of consumer goods, if this competition is to do the best for both of our peoples, and for people everywhere, there must be a free exchange of ideas. there are some instances where you may be ahead of us, for example in the development of the thrust of your rockets for the investigation of outer space. there may be some instances, for example color television we're ahead of you. for both of us to benefit. [ speaking russian ] >> you never concede anything. [ speaking russian ] >> wait until you see the picture. >> it would be interesting to know this program is now being recorded on ampex color tape and can be played back immediately and you can't tell that it isn't a live program. and -- [ speaking russian ] >> let's have a far more communication and exchange in this very area that we speak of. we should hear you more