my name is marco tempest. i m a cyber illusionist which means i combine magic and science to create illusions. it s deception, it s science, technology, gadgets. calling myself a magician evokes a certain image like if we hear magician we immediately know what that is. it s a guy who does a magic trick. a cyber illusionist requires explanation. a conversation starter. that is what my work is all about. reporter: magic as old as time and throughout history it s been celebrated and feared. but now this age-old art form is being reimagined by tempest and he s taking it to another level. my tools are very outside of the realm of magic. i us computer vision, high-speed photography, video graphic designs. thermal imaging, robotics, muriel network, learning, sim mantic systems, all these things which enable me to create my illusion. do you see the umbrella. yeah. all right. i m kind of completely abandoning magic as we know it. reporter: some might say technology i
cleared out the protesters personal belongings. 17 people were arrested there. and in a few moments, i ll have a report on where the money comes from to finance the occupy wall street movement. president barack obama is in full asia pacific mode today in hawaii. he s hosting the annual apec summit and hoping to re-energize u.s.-based business in that region. the president told ceos that americans need to stay to use his word hungry in attracting new investment from overseas. it is important to remember that the united states is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world. and there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the u.s. as a great opportunity, our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture. but we have been a little lazy, i think, over the last couple of decades. we have taken for granted, well, people want to come here. we aren t out there hungry, selling america. in a little over an hour from now, vice presi
martha: all right. welcome back, everybody. 23 minutes past the hour. we ve got new retail sales numbers that are just out. they show the biggest gain in seven months. car sales really leading that boost. and this for you, the family of captured israeli soldier gilad shalif, say they except him home by tuesday. hamas militants captured him five years ago. what a homecoming that will be. fierce fighting in libya as rebels make another big push for control of qaddafi s hometown. reb belts say they control about 80% of the city. 23 minutes past the hour. there are developments in the search for that missing infant, lisa irwin. police are searching for clue in surveillance video
lives in the salon, his ex-wife. and the dow on track for the best weekend in more than a month. right now, the dow is up 97 points. strong retail sales numbers contribute to the gains. up by 1.1%. the biggest gain in seven months. up next, following breaking news in the biggest names in hip-hop. rick ross suffered a medical emergency. he and his team are tweeting about it. it must meanest okay, right? we will get the latest from courtney in the scoop. and first, some things we thought you should know. after taking heat for wearing a british designer, she wore a one shoulder purple gown. the gown made by a korean american designer. and herman cain is seeing his numbers rise. now he can add the endorsement of the american mustache institute.
the answer, every one of those candidates in iowa would be rushing to us here. but the answer lies in time perhaps. at the moment whatever it is, we don t have the chemistry to create jobs. this is at the heart of consumer sentiment, university of michigan, this is a phone poll. they come out the first part of the month. the first part the worst consumer sentiment, in 31 years, that s stunning, but i talked to economists as soons as the number came out. relax. one number does not a trend make. in fact, we ve actually seen decent numbers here and there through the past six months depending which minute they re polled. a short-term poll and 300 people are spoken to by telephone and that s most important not what people say they re going to do, but what they actually do. how do we know? a slight silver lining, we got pretty good retail sales