to carry chains, food, water and blankets in case of emergency. tonight, we have team coverage, kron4 is tracking a storm of of the bay area and show you how hard it is. if we have our crews standing by. jacqueline bennett is in the kron4 weather center to tell us what we can expect shareef couple of leaders showers that not much. there are still some lingering snow showers in the sierra. we're not expecting any more rain overnight. the sun is filling in with clear skies overnight. again, clear and calm winds cool temperatures overnight. cahoon into tomorrow, sunny and breezy and a lot warmer than what we saw today.

the warming trend will continue into the weekend. wait until you see how warm but is gone to get. >>pam: persistent rain showers along highway 17. as rob fladeboe reports, one after another, drivers were losing control and spinning out in extremely slippery conditions. >>rob: the chp spend the day running traffic breaks like this vodka nearly a dozen racks. six separate crashes in two hours. the driver of his car hit water in hydroplaned. >> cars started going back and forth. >> the driver of this bmw told a similar story. >> i was coming down the mountain doing about 45 and

my tires loss control. >>rob: there seems to be a new rack around every curve. the driver of this thick of says he was cut off here at glenwood cutoff. >> i'll close my eyes when i went by the trees because of fog that was it. i thought i was going to die. >>rob: do not ever do this, stay in your car if at all possible. after she spun out on will occur if just south of the summit this driver got out of her vehicle and started across the highway looking for help. amazingly, there were no serious injuries recorded in this or any crashes. >>pam: the weather caused delays as a francisco international.

some departures were also delayed but now that the weather has pretty much cleared out things are getting back on schedule. >>grant: reports of an avalanche coming from the alpine meadows resorts. if you check out some of these images, you can see the conditions of their. these were taken just in the past hour. we were told a male skier was with other skiers on the backside of alpine meadows when the avalanche occurred. one of the skiers was able to get out of trouble. that person called the sheriff's office and it was apparently a rugged area that was difficult to reach for. he eventually patrols did reach a man who was trapped. patrol is currently seeking out anyone who might need help. injuries are not yet known.

this is a developing story. as with most more we will review the information. >>pam: stay with us as we continue to track the store and get if aftermath. our coverage continues throughout the evening including a report from the sierra. our coverage also continues online. up to the date weather coming up. >>pam: california students taking part in a national day of action, protesting the rise in the cost of public education. students at 30 college campuses across california will be holding rallies, marches, and teach-ins' and walked out. it will all culminate on monday with a march to the state capitol building. the demonstrators are calling on lawmakers to raise taxes on the wealthy and restore funding to higher education. >>dan: with our live in

civic center plaza. this rally has been going on since 4:00 a.m.. many people marched over here from the state building. sphene people are here because they are talking about what they call the block by block the dismantling of education. let me show you video from earlier. many students are talking about higher tuition and a teacher cuts, layoffs and budget cuts at the k-12 level. the bottom line is budgets for education must be restored. >> i currently work three jobs to pay for school. these budget cuts affect me. we all need to take a stand.

they need to make decisions in the best interests as -- and the best interest of the students and staff at the campuses they work for. >>dan: even teacher assistants advocate-12 level are being cut back. teachers have to do more, that just takes away from the learning process. again, this rally is in full swing right now. we're expecting it to get bigger as people get off work. >>pam: students spelled out the word occupy, the act action is a part of the occupy education statewide day of action.

teachers and students rallied at castro valley protesting proposed cuts to the system there. >> it will be hard to do small group of learning. people have spent a long time developing curriculum. teachers will have to read imagine what to do now that they cannot do small groups and more.

>>pam: jeff bush's live in castro valley tonight. what is going on and are protesters planning to speak at tonight's meeting? >> this rally just finished up. there were speakers and the teachers association, the there were students and teachers talking about these proposed budget cut get teaching positions being eliminated. there is still a sizable amount of people here and they have taken positions here in castro valley. they are trying to get support from the public and trying to generate attention for the public to come out for tonight's school board meeting where that decision will be made.

sachs and are a lot of uncertainties. there are a lot of nerves and anxiety. >>pam: a special needs teacher accused of -- accused of abusing students was in redwood city in order to stay away from the school where she taught and stay away from the alleged victims. today, a judge ordered her to stay with roosevelt elementary school. that is where prosecutors say she kicked and spat special needs students. district officials are now taking action against six other teachers for not speaking about the alleged abuse. >>terisa: of their investigation revealed that a half-dozen employees knew about or have suspicions about special leaf teacher alexia out of this. >> there are still six

teachers for any child and not reported what it was legally an obligation or not. >> all the employees also have to undergo additional training. while the district deals with the fallout and the failure of others, they are disappointed that this ever happen in the first place. >>pam: of the battle over birth control heat up on capitol hill.

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had a gun or why he was near the high school. alexander of -- alejandra cerball is on the way to get more information. >>catherine: today's senate vote means that women will still be able to get coverage for both control regardless of what their employers moral objections might be. the bill voted down would have prevented any type of birth control or prenatal care for sick mothers. only three democrats voted in favor. only one republican voted note. there is a cheap partisan division. in an election year, both sides increased their rhetoric. republicans are airtran obama carries a big government going to far. democrats are heading republicans as anti women. >> republicans want to take

us forward to the dark ages. >> the issue here is protecting the conscience clause and the religious beliefs of the american people. >> every step of the way it seems as if there is an insult if on women's reproductive choice. >> this is a tyranny. >> we defeated an amendment that would have historically taken away something that women in this country have counted on for decades. >> under the original white house plan, churches are exempt from providing birth control. in ohio, students were returning for the first time since three teams were killed by a classmate on monday. a very emotional day. students and parents were welcomed. one of the school coaches talked about how he chased

the suspect of of the campus. >> the families of danny, demetrias and russell i do not know why this happened. >> he has been charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder. two other students were injured. prosecutors say there will definitely try him as a result which could mean life in prison. >>pam: we are tracking the storms around the bay area and getting help from you. viewers are sending in photographs. take a look at this

picture, it's a rainy and congested commute. >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside from the heavily ski camera. still cloudy skies and a lot of snow on the ground. a few lingering showers but here locally the skies have been virtually cleared. as for rainfall totals, only a few spots saw quite a bit of rain.

as we head into the weekend will little bit of a fog will form. the unseasonably warm conditions, 70's in a number of places. right now here's a look a your current temperatures.

>>jaqueline: it is going to be breezy tomorrow afternoon. wind gusts in the 20 mi. per hour range. here is a look at your extended forecast. a little bit of fog out there tomorrow morning. sunny and warm into the afternoon. warmer also into the weekend hitting 70's and quite a few fleeces. >> right now i'm standing along eastbound interstate 80. it is about 35 degrees and is selling pretty hard. as you can see, traffic is slow going in both directions of interstate 80.

rhodes started getting slow from apple did. this is the point where the snow is starting to pile on the roadway. i have not seen any accidents up to this point. an ambulance to a guy here headed east. i have also seen at least one a tow truck pulling a car headed west. snowfalls are trying to do the best they can to clear the runways. truckers are required all to have a maximum chains. in this year, charles clifford, kron4 news periods call

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fees are creating an up for on-line. bank of america announced that they're currently testing new fees on checking accounts, on the new accounts only in arizona, georgia and massachusetts. the fees range from $6-$25 a month. there are ways that customers can avoid the monthly fees. they can maintain a minimum balance, they can have a mortgage to bankamerica, use the bank of america credit card or bank online. j.r stone is joining us live from san francisco and has reaction from customers. those customers are concerned that those fees will wind up in california. >> the number of customers who banked at bank of america and i spoke with customer is moving at other things in the area to save some do not have a problem with monthly fees some of the majority said no way! >> is definitely not a good thing.

>> they do not do that much. you are not getting anything for your money. tran top the $25 a month fee, that is a race to fill for >> it is not right. we are already in a fickle with the economic situation. it should be free, essentially. >> $6 a month, even that, just have an account here, eyes is that an opinion on that, i do not think it is fair. >> and a lot of people are after the bigger corporations, when the corporations go down, so does the average american. it's >> shipping is going up, usgs has raised rates, i get where they are coming from, since the sixth for people, but i and a stand. >> i did talk with representatives from bank of america who told me that

this is strictly for new customers and it is just a trial. they do not have any plans at this point to take nationwide, it is only on trial in three states. >>pam: there is no end in sight for the rising gas prices. they are up again today. prices are rising about one penny a day. phil take a look at this compilation of san francisco averages. today, $4.38, a with ago $4.19 and a month ago, $3.79. in san jose, today's average is $4.32 a gallon. a month ago it was $3.74. heading east to oakland, drivers are paying an average of $4 to 15 a gallon. last week, $4.13. a week ago it was $3.74. here at kron4 we're hoping to find the cheapest prices

around. had to our web site and check out a special gas price section that has all of the resources you need. >>grant: more than a half- dozen midwestern states are piecing to rubble after powerful storms spawned a deadly tornadoes killing 13 people. this was a shopping center in here is from illinois, really the hardest hit area where six people died. large department stores are now just amounts of debris. this was a closet with clothing, some of the clothes are still inside an old house is gone.

>> i was inside of that bathtub. >>grant: a similar stories in nebraska, illinois, indiana, kentucky and tennessee. call taxes on them have been searched for victims. cause high call >>grant: nowhere was slammed heart of hearts for, illinois. the mayors surveyed the devastation of alleging to recover and iran will. >> we will come back, we will rebuild and to do what we have to do. we're a very brazilian community. >>grant: people are also keeping one eye on the

forecast, more strong storms are expected tomorrow and that could spawn more tornadoes. illinois, kansas, kentucky and tennessee are right in the storm's a bull's-eye. >>jaqueline: we saw rain today but the skies had cleared into the afternoon. we will see cold conditions overnight as the winds calmed down. the skies will be clear and we have cold air at that will roll through periods into tomorrow, sunny skies and reconditions.

and we will talk more about these high temperatures into the warmer weather this week and give >>grant: an airplane bomb threat gives customers flying to the bay area quite a scare. the rain had not -- the plane had not yet taken off from denver when someone called in a bomb threat. passengers not allowed on board. cargo and baggage already on board was removed for restraining and passenger's ticket to another gate ready eventually left denver arriving at sfo. kron4 was at sfo as passengers got there this morning. finally, they're getting their bags and described the scene from their terminal. >> all the sudden, tsa agents were there and on the fog. total of 50 people. >> there was denver police, airport police, federal agents and they quarantine

to the fair play with fire emergency vehicles. the pilots were removed and we were not allowed to board. >> they mentioned it was something to do with a suitcase that was suspicious a.m. already on the plane. >> the tsa agents were around to make sure we were safe. " abroad and a bomb sniffing dog. we were all expected -- were all set to get very that was a dog on the tarmac and a supporting sen. family headed of getting as a new plane for a couple of these down and tsa followed as their eighth for some people were searched again as the top of a point. >> there is always a concern on your plate is of the targeted. half kafka plans >> is as passengers we spoke to were happy that everyone arrived safely. half >>pam: the new privacy policy at global goes into

effect today. how does it affect us all of hard cash >>gabe: google has all of these services that they offer, each of these services collect information about you as a user. until today, the information that these individual applications collected would stay within that service or application. youtube information would not be shared behind-the- scenes with e-mail, bogle plus or picasso. going forward, everything you do within global, all of the information of the individual accounts and services will be shared behind the scenes. before there were separate counts with these differences. the more information they have about you, the more targeted the ads they can sell towards you, these are.

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>>rob: on the jobless unemployment claims fell again. that is looking great. we are up 9.3% for the year. it is applaudable. with that said we are going to go higher this year. the valuations are low. earnings are robust. >>catherine: the president

calling for an end to oil and gas subsidies. >>craig: it is a political battle. it will go up in front of congress. we all know that oil companies are making record profits but we all know that we need more oil >>catherine: it is hard to argue against the subsidies. >>rob: there are also small oil drillers. the president said today, but we are or importing less than ever. republicans are saying it is because the economy stinks. they have to wipe out subsidies for big companies and extend subsidies for smaller companies. >>catherine: built a global driverless cars?

>>grant: high and cars have features like lane departure of warning, adaptive cruise control, this is the paving the way for legislation of how to let these things on the road would is great about it is new cars with the things like that will spur the industry and it will for manufacturing in the united states. >>rob: back and we will see that in 10 years. >>catherine: the '80s wants a lower pay or play a role, isn't that a good thing? >>caller: it is a reflection of the times. hist >>rob: this is a story about

the yankees lowering their role because there is a deceit. it is a reflection on banking. >>rob: that is good news for oakland. >>jaqueline: here is a look outside, have a leaky camped here hatch's ka is overcast. here is a it looked at storm tracker 4. the rain has pretty much ended putting to the east and south. as you look at our debitors we have seen cold air behind a system. temperatures in the '50s closer to the coast one. skies are clear right now. the winds are breezy.

22 of our wins in san francisco and. the winds are expected to die down tonight. barry to the conditions. or tomorrow, we will see areas of all overnight. cut into points are in the forties. then fog and forecast for tomorrow morning. let's talk about the morning. temperatures in the 30's and a lot of places.

one tomorrow with clear skies but a late morning. here is a look locally. warming up quite a bit. a or 60s and low 70's through the weekend. here is a look at your snowbomb.com ski report.

>>jaqueline: if you would like more information on these ski resort's log on to snowbomb phi pham. we will be right back.

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>> this is a popular slot for people sledding. as you can see behind me there is definitely not a lack of snow. the roads are slit. there is packed snow. chain restrictions are in effect from colfax and the donner pass to 7 mi. east turkey. cars are also required to put on chains unless they have to deal drive and snow tires. it's still a very slick situation. charles cooper, kron4 news.

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>>pam: and wet weather, hundreds of accidents and slick roadways. the storm clean up is already under way in the south bay. in the sierra, this note really piled up. slow travel, but good news for skiers. a high surf along the coast. waves breaking as high as 15 ft.. three >>pam: a live picture of san francisco behind me. the rain has stopped but is there another round on the way. jacqueline bennett starts our 6:00 team coverage. >>jaqueline: there is not any more rain on the way. mostly clear conditions,

mostly clear skies as well. we are still seeing a few lingering showers with to the east and south, but clear conditions in the wake of the system. here is another shot from the roof camera earlier this afternoon. if you lingering clouds. cost clear conditions overnight. right now it is breezy but the wins will calm down. chilly conditions overnight. into tomorrow, sunny skies year-and-a-half >>pam: people in the east they were armed with umbrellas and dodging puddles as well. in the south bay the crews were out shopping of trees which were down by the storms. rob fladeboe has more on the

cleanup underway in the santa cruz mountains. >>rob: the sound of chain saws echoed as the roads were a mess. this crew was battling a steep slope on all the san jose road. fox fat and there were also reports of some larger trees and downed along highway 9 and on skyline boulevard. surprisingly, no road closures of reported but

there would be plenty of work for the cruise plenty ahead. >>pam: hundreds of accidents and the big time delays during the morning commute today. tonight, drivers are dealing with much improved conditions. here is a live picture of the golden gate. things are moving quite smoothly there. haaziq madyun ejected with the chp about the tough travel conditions. >>haaziq: it has been very busy inside of caltrans district for transportation management center in oakland. the california highway patrol keeps an eye on these huge traffic monitors connected to a network of cameras on bay area roadways. there are looking out for accidents. chp officer: sam morgan still with us. >> we have received over two over calls as of today at 130. calls were specifically related to vehicle collisions. >>haaziq: 283 calls

directly connected to be nicole >> the 200 calls are bay area wide. just over 200 phone calls for a vehicle collisions. >>pam: along the coast, rains and high surf. an advisory was in effect during the storm with waves of to 15 ft.. in the sierra, the big weather story is this note. in some places nearly 6 ft. of snow. skiers and ski resorts love it but travel time is almost impossible.

white up conditions ended nearly zero visibility. charles clifford check out the conditions in the sierra. his supporters coming up in about 10 minutes. also coming up, your weather pictures sent in to kron4 as we continue our coverage later in the newscast. you can also find the latest forecast at storm tracker 4 radar in the weather section of www.kron4.com and updates on our kron4 facebook fan page. our other big story, a national day of action to protect education. students in california for tested rising costs for college over the next several days. if students at about 30 college campuses will hold rallies, marches, it teaches and walkouts. it will all culminate on monday with a march to the state capitol building. fee the demonstrators are calling on lawmakers to raise taxes on the wealthy and restore funding to higher education. our team covered on this story begins now.

>>dan: just a few minutes ago, a rally wrapped up here. here is video of what looked like. several hundred people protested cuts to education. we are not talking about college students, we're talking about elementary school students. many came here with their teachers. we're also talking about college students themselves who are protesting an increase in tuition. teachers were here talking about a teacher layoffs, especially those here in san francisco. many of these folks say it has stopped if california is going to succeed, they have to give students in schools to succeed. >> we are fighting fee hikes and budget cuts that are affecting all levels of education. >> i think it's crazy how this state of california goes from #one in the country in public education to 48.

>> how is this the home of tomorrow if the education is being cut? >> one thing that makes me very optimistic is the millionaires' tax on the ballot for the fall. it would get a 1 percent tax on millionaires and that would help bring funding back into the schools. >> those at this rally know it is going to be an uphill battle. they know that if they keep the pressure on things could change. >>pam: teachers, parents and students gathered this evening and another protest to protect education. tonight, the school board is considering cuts like teacher layoffs, increasing class sizes and cutting teacher from time among other program at. our team coverage continues with the times and live in castro valley.

he >> it is the elementary schools that will be feeling the brunt of the pain. 18 people in the district will be getting pink slips. >> it is such a detriment to education when the class sizes are increased. i think it is a shame to do that when there's money in reserve and you do not have to do that. >> that woman is talking about the reserve the castro valley have last year, they planned ahead and save 5 million as an emergency fund. they are using some of that money to make up for the budget cuts.

parents are wondering if this is not an emergency, what is? they want all of that money spent. >>catherine: the sales of cars and trucks are really good, the strongest they have been in years. still ahead, the reason analysts think is happening. >> in the sierra chain restrictions are in effect over interstate 80. details coming up. oscar >>kimberlee: i will have a look at pictures that viewers said sean will weather conditions were like around the bay area.

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gotten our hands on video, after a series of armed robberies at gas stations in san rafael, this is video from a robbery on valentine's day.

the other robberies on del presidio way. bolt robberies were around lunchtime. the suspect was armed in both robberies. the suspect to the cashier in his head with a gun during a struggle. police are looking for a white male in his 20s- thirties with a blond hair held back in a braided ponytail. >>pam: in redwood city, school district officials have placed six employees on administrative leave. officials say this comes after an investigation revealed that the six employees failed to speak up about a teacher allegedly using special needs students. school officials say all employees are mandated by

law to report any suspicion of abuse. there are now ordering employees to undergo retraining. this comes on the heels of charges against alexia bob fiske. she is accused of injuring 25 year-old boys. the teacher at the center of the matter was in court today. >> a judge's order bans this special needs teacher from coming back to roosevelt elementary where she once taught and allegedly committed crimes. she is facing nine counts of cruelty to a child and battery on school grounds. she reportedly slot to 15 year-old autistic students in the fees. she kicked another in the stomach. she also reportedly refused to give the boys food or any drinks. she is on indefinite administrative leave. the judge's order also bans her from having contact with the victims. next she is going to be in court in may for a pretrial hearing. right now she's out on bail.

>>pam: this year has finally had a burst of snowfall very good news for the ski resorts and other businesses. >>charles: is in the lower 30s and getting colder. it is snowing here. this is a popular spot where people bring their kids and go sledding. on the interstate it has been a slow going day because the roads are still very slight. there is packed snow on the roadways. chains are required for cars and trucks, all vehicles must have changed unless they have a four-wheel drive ended snow tires.

truckers are being checked for chains and there have been snow plows out today working the roads and trying to clear away this note. coming up to have another update on the road conditions. >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam. clouds moving offshore with mostly clear skies a wide mix of storm tracker 4 shows continuing snow showers in the sierra. the rain has ended largely over the bay area and pushing to the south. let's take a look at the weekend forecast. we have big changes on the way. skies are clearing. we will see clear skies through the weekend with a little fog for tomorrow morning. temperatures will warm more than they have over the past several days warming even more into saturday and sunday.

here is a look at current wind speeds. it remains freezing in places like san francisco, no vital and oakland. that will help lead to cool conditions whatever just dropping in to authorities and a number or leases. enmesh jacqueline bennett a

chance of rain tuesday into wednesday. >>pam: viewers have been sending us photographs showing us stormy weather. kiberlee sakamoto has a look at pictures coming in. >>kimberlee: we're starting off with a picture from robb in san leandro. he was stuck in traffic all morning. look at this, cars for miles and raindrops on the windshield. windshield wipers are definitely going is loaded.

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>>pam: and tonight's big stories in one big block of news. >>jaqueline: the changes as we head into the weekend. the rain is tapering off. a few snow showers in the sierra as we head into tomorrow, chilly conditions to start the day and a few areas of fog. into the afternoon sunny skies, preconditions and warmer temperatures. several degrees warmer the we have seen in the past several days. upper 60s and low 70's this weekend. sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend. sunny skies throughout as we head into next week.

big changes with cooler temperatures and another chance of rain tuesday night and wednesday. in the santa cruz mountains persistent rain showers may for a nasty commute on highway 17. there were at least a dozen workers throughout the day on thursday, a half-dozen occurring in a two-hour period of time. call no major injuries reported that the chp was busy all day running traffic regs and warning drivers to slow down while the trucks were working. >>haaziq: continuing coverage, caltrans transportation management center, a chp officers have been busy monitoring bay area freeways for traffic accidents during recent storms. >> the california highway patrol has received 200 calls and yesterday we had 300 calls for services specifically related to

vehicle collisions. >> said jane restrictions are an effect over the donner pass. all drivers are required to have jane's unless you have four-wheel drive and the snow tires. with >> at the civic center plaza, several hundred people turned out to rally for education. if they are not just protesting teacher layoffs at the k-12 level, ever increasing rises at the college level intuition. folks believe if they keep up the pressure vacancy some change.

>> the march will take two days from oakland to san francisco. they're protesting education cuts. >> if your bank with a the america you could be in for quite a surprise. they're testing a new monthly fee policy in three different states, not california. the monthly fee is between $6.20 $5.

lough is high >> and another big story, a judge issued a stay away or against a special needs and teacher. if she is prevented from coming here to roosevelt elementary where she once taught and where she allegedly committed crimes. she is charged with nine counts of allegedly injuring a special needs students. she has said she is

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>>pam: a conservative blocker has died at his home at midnight, he was only 43. even those who do not recognize his name, they will recognize some of the stories he helped uncover. as cells he was a polarizing figure hailed as the true taylor by the right and by the left someone who was

fast and loose with facts. he first broke the story that forced the resignation of the of the winter. in 2010 he helped instigate the firing of the department's agriculture official shirley sure rod, posting a video of the speech she had given suggesting that her words amounted to racial discrimination of a white farmer. he was later accused of taking the comments out of context. she is now suing him for defamation. he was often on television, as recently as this week of hearings on cnn as a political commentator. fog he was considered a pioneer for conservative media.

rick santorum was one of the people offering his condolences. >> would huge loss. certainly for the conservative movement. >>catherine: he died of natural causes and leaves behind a wife and four children. >>catherine: and gary radnich is up next with nfl news off plus one of the best known comedians in the world. sinbad is live in the studio with gary. >>jaqueline: a lot of new snow to talk about. rockford your is your snowbomb.com ski report.

>> i was into dirty jokes when i started, everyone wanted to beat richard pryor. when i got to hollywood, i'm

not necessarily clean, but i am not dirty. i'm not clean, i was kicked out of the military, i got through a lot of things to get to this point. >>gary: how did she get the names and that? how do you tell your parents and your name is sinbad? >> i watched sinbad movies when i was growing up. >>gary: who do you like now? >> i like kevin hart. fifth i am looking for that

new guy that will take all of our faces. >> i shaved my head because i knew my hair was leading the. car >>gary: you are a good- looking man if you do not mind me saying so.

>> i used to be a male model. >>gary: how long ago? >> yesterday. sinbad >>

>> thank god for salon. there are a lot of bugs that were not there before. >>gary: you are in oakland to my question >>mark: yes. >> i am in santa cruz on saturday. the national association of like suburbs, we gather every march. it is about 3000-4000 blacks are first.

jeff: i got carbon monoxide poisoning in the marathon running behind the police car. if that is what it and i use the police cars anymore. i was faster than him and i used to run barefoot. costs >>gary: degree sinbad

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>>gary: tiger woods was not so hot today. >> we are all going to go surfing. >>gary: everyone loves sinbad.

before "snl," why lindsay lohan's new look has some questioning her sobriety today. and he broke the weiner gate scandal, tonight the new investigation into the sudden death of andrew breitbart. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm brooke anderson. "the insider" is on. andrew breitbart is dead. >> the autopsy. the death investigation. what really took down one of politics' most controversial whistle blowers. >> all of the hate that people threw at him. >> behave yourself! >> his fiery last public appearance and revelations to us after taking down weiner. >> we saw a cover-up happening. then -- new questions over lindsay lohan's changed look. >> brooke, you can affect one's appearance many different ways. >> i still need to go through the process of proving myself.