everyone here in berkeley is on the lookout for the man and his van. my life. he s my heart. pride and joy. reporter: that s how gloria lyons feels about her 11-year-old granddaughter and why she s taking no chances keeping her safe following several attempted kidnappings near berkeley s willard middle school. each morning i bring my granddaughter to school, i pick her up. i give her instructions every morning when i release her here, as far as don t talk to people, don t get in no cars. reporter: berkeley police now say someone has tried to lure children into a van on five separate occasions. two incidents took place just this past sunday on busy college avenue. as a man with a black cargo van tried two times to lure girls away. my fear is that eventually he may actually, you know, kidnap a student or a young girl or, you know, anybody at this point. so, you know, our fear is that that could happen and that could be the ultimate nightmare for a parent. the aim is
and my arm dropped and that was it. reporter: neighbors say local crimes are becoming too common. see, that s that s part of the problem around here. quiet neighborhood. that whole thing, these things don t happen, actually that. do happen in neighborhoods like this. when i hear people say not in my neighborhood, no it happens everywhere. the neighbor across the street says that her car was broken into this morning as well. so it s a really quiet area. my family has been living here all their lives. reporter: a quiet area that today got much too active. now officers have left the scene and the neighborhood. but again, as you heard, they are still looking for suspects. reporting live in san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. scott, thanks very much. and just in to our newsroom, we have learned several bay area high school students are in the hospital tonight after taking xanax, a drug used to treat anxiety. students attend pinole valley high school. teacher
reporter: just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. in his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. and by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. it means that 98% of all americans, and 97% of all small businesses won t see their taxes go up a single dime. the senate has already passed a law like this. democrats in the house are ready to pass a law like this and i hope republicans in the house come on board too. reporter: republicans said again they would be willing to raise more tax revenue by closing loopholes or limiting deductions. but those revenues had to be matched with cuts in entitlement programs. until you make our entitlement programs fit the future demographic of country, the demographics of our country, you can t possibly solve our long term debt and deficit problems.
congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. in his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. and by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. it means that 98% of all americans, and 97% of all small businesses won t see their taxes go up a single dime. the senate has already passed a law like this. democrats in the house are ready to pass a law like this and i hope republicans in the house come on board too. reporter: republicans said again they would be willing to raise more tax revenue by closing loopholes or limiting deductions. but those revenues had to be matched with cuts in entitlement programs. until you make our entitlement programs fit the future demographic of country, the demographics of our country, you can t possibly solve our long term debt and deficit problems. reporter: the president did rule out some id
president obama and congress to agree on avoiding a combination of higher taxes and government spending cuts, the president today said he won t extend tax cuts for people who don t need them. that hard line came during a white house press conference just as a negotiations with republican leaders get underway to avoid the fiscal cliff. as darren gersh reports from washington, even before republicans and democrats sit down to talk on friday, both sides are laying down markers. reporter: just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. in his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. and by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. it means that 98% of all americans, and 97% of all small businesses won t see their taxes go up a single dime. the senate has already passed a law like this. democrats i
tom: with 47 days left for president obama and congress to agree on avoiding a combination of higher taxes and government spending cuts, the president today said he won t extend tax cuts for people who don t need them. that hard line came during a white house press conference just as a negotiations with republican leaders get underway to avoid the fiscal cliff. as darren gersh reports from washington, even before republicans and democrats sit down to talk on friday, both sides are laying down markers. reporter: just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. in his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. and by the way, that means every american, inuding the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. it means that 98% of all americans, and 97% of all small businesses won t see their taxes go up a single dime. the senate has already passed a
cuts for people who don t need them. that hard line came during a white house press conference just as a negotiations with republican leaders get underway to avoid the fiscal cliff. as darren gersh reports from washington, even before republicans and democrats sit down to talk on friday, both sides are laying down markers. reporter: just two days before he meets with congressional leaders, the president took a tougher tone on budget talks. in his news conference, he pushed hard for an immediate extension of tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year. and by the way, that means every american, including the wealthiest americans get a tax cut. it means that 98% of all americans, and 97% of all small businesses won t see their taxes go up a single dime. the senate has already passed a law like this. democrats in the house are ready to pass a law like this and i hope republicans in the house come on board too. reporter: republicans said again they would be willi
rtses. reporter: a peak inside this manhattan apple store and it looks like everything is a-okay. plenty of customer, plenty of purchases. so why has the shine come off apple s shares? with a in a word, actually two, profit-taking. i think the biggest reason for the selling going back to when it was priced $700 in september is pure profit-taking. if you look from the beginning year to september, the stock was up 74%. so i think you had some natural profit-taking. reporter: but this isn t ode year-end selling by institutions looking to record nice numbers. this supposedly is fiscal cliff related selling as shareholders worries that capital gains tax rates will be higher next year. still, financial planner sharon appleman says selling stock solely for tax reasons isn t the best idea. i definitely think it s a legitimate concern and can be an opportunity. and i would say if somebody was interested in reducing a physician any position anyway, that can certainly be a g
rtses. reporter: a peak inside this manhattan apple store and it looks like everything is a-okay. plenty of customer, plenty of purchases. so why has the shine come off apple s shares? with a in aa word, actually two, profit-taking. i think the biggest reason for the selling going back to when it was priced $700 in september is pure profit-taking. if you look from the beginning year to september, the stock was up 74%. so i think you had some natural profit-taking. reporter: but this isn t ode year-end selling by institutions looking to record nice numbers. this supposedly is fiscal cliff related selling as shareholders worries that capital gains tax rates will be higher next year. still, financial planner sharon appleman says selling stock solely for tax reasons isn t the best idea. i definitely think it s a legitimate concern and can be an opportunity. and i would say if somebody was interested in reducing a physician any position anyway, that can certainly be a
included. now the return of apple to u.s. manufacturing comes as shareholders have experienced a very rocky ride in the past few months. the stock is down 22% from its all-time high in september. suzanne pratt reports. rtses. reporter: a peak inside this manhattan apple store and it looks like everything is a-okay. plenty of customer, plenty of purchases. so why has the shine come off apple s shares? with a in a word, actually two, profit-taking. i think the biggest reason for the selling going back to when it was priced $700 in september is pure profit-taking. if you look from the beginning year to september, the stock was up 74%. so i think you had some natural profit-taking. reporter: but this isn t ode year-end selling by institutions looking to record nice numbers. this supposedly is fiscal cliff related selling as shareholders worries that capital gains tax rates will be higher next year. still, financial planner sharon appleman says selling stock solely for ta