sentence. >> doyle, can you speak with us?equests by nbc news for an interview, saying his parole was almost up and he wanted to move on with his life. in a statement to nbc news, erdt's lawyers said it never engaged in a cover-up of any sort. it was the conduct of erdt, which led to the arrest of mr. meyer. geeon, chris and two other exchange students abused by doyle filed a civil suit against erdt in 2009. their attorneys, irwin zalkin and andrea levity, say their young clients are victims of a problem that comes down to supply and demand. there are more students who want to come to the u.s. than the number of host families who volunteer. leading some organizations to cut corners. and they say there's a financial incentive involved. >> the sponsoring agencies make a lot of money for each of these kids. and they're motivated to get them into some house, somewhere, without the proper vetting. so it's a perfect storm. it's sort of abuse waiting to happen. >> host families are not paid, but the bigger organizations pull in milli

ktvu's rob roth is live with the special place that danny -- that doyle park elementry holds in that community. >> reporter: students went home with these notifying tarant that doyle park elementry is closing in june. some parents picking up their children at doyle park elementry couldn't talk about what is happening here without choking up. >> sad. it was kind of -- really horrible. >> reporter: you are tearing up. >> it is emotional. >> reporter: this morning the school board voted to close down doyle park elementry. the school serves low income students. >> the cost of operating the school exceeds the revenue it generates. the district is faced with million dollars in budget cuts. >> reporter: while doyle park elementry is going away a new school is planning on opening up. it is attracting many students from outside santa rosa. bringing in new money. >> this was a financial decision. >> worst thing happening. >> reporter: he thought in this classroom for 32 years and has pictures from each of the years. >> down to this year's class. >> reporter: next year it will be someone else's

and when you look at growth and transformation of the embark, the same with doyle.erished part of the city and a worthy addition to what is there. >> it will be a safe and beautiful entrance to a spectacular beautiful city. it will be the entry to golden gate that san francisco deserves.

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and when you look at growth and transformation of the embark, the same with doyle. it will be a cherished part of the city and a worthy addition to what is there. >> it will be a

doyle too in the government area too. but it's so easy to be carrying, you know, tablets and different cell phones around. and for me it's the part that's really to me quite frightening is that nobody knows what they don't know and we're looking at you and you're saying that there's a lot of things you don't know too. we look upon you as experts. i'm hoping that we can build in some incentives here with a sort of a sharing of information that goes beyond some of your commercial type of concerns. because i'm looking ahead -- this is even going to get more and more complicated as we develop more tablets and smartphones and whatever that we're looking control of the cyber security aspect of it. and the software aspect i think you brought up, dr. amoroso, is really very important. the education of that and whether or not we are actually kind of building our own principles and standards into that too. so that's just a comment and i really do appreciate your being here. i think i'm learning more and more every team one of your

and this area is not splintered off. >> and we can see how dramatic a change it will be when doyle drive is suppressd and you have a cover that connects the cemetery to this project. it's historic on the statewide and national basis, but you could rush the project or put thought and time to create something of lasting public benefit. >> we really want this, for everyone to feel like it's a win situation. whether you are a neighbor that lives nearby or a commuter or user of the park. that everyone will experience a much better situation than they currently have. >> the human interest to me is how people could work out so many challenging differences to come to a design that we believe will give us a jewel. landmark of a place. >> i am sure it will have refining effect like embark did. and there were people about that and no one would think of that today. and when you look

. >> reporter: early this morning the school board voted to close down doyle park elementary in june after 60 years. the school serves predominantly latino students. enrollment is low. >> the cost of operating this school exceeds the revenue that it generates. the district is faced with several million dollars worth of budget cuts. >> reporter: while doyle park is going away, a new school is planning to open up on this very spot, the french american charter school. it's attracting many students from outside santa rosa bringing in new money for the school district. >> this was a financial decision. >> the schools worse things in companies like this. >> from all sides. >> reporter: fifth grade teacher has taught in the same classroom for 32 years and has class pictures on his wall from egypt. >> all the way down to the shares -- >> next year it will be someone else's room. >> where it's just kind of in a state of shock that's totally demoralized what has happened to our school. >> students are eligible to attend a new charter school but many parents said they're not sure yet if they'll

jessica doyle tells us why people are making such a big deal over it.he'll talk to us in about ten minutes. >>> monika has a quick check of the commute. >>> a couple of long, slow stretched on 270. 08 to 121 and father hurley boulevard to the paint where the lanes divide. another look at maryland roads at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. we're back at 6:29 and this is always the place to get your weather first. here is a live look at the u.s. capitol and look at the sky back there. you can see that it is 54 degrees. it's going to be a great day. a little breezy, though. >> tack on 16, 17 more degrees. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace with our forecast. no need for ear muffs, gloves. >> maybe a wind breaker. you can hear the wind bumping the microphone and the flag. we're going to enjoy a nice warm, spring-like day. our day planner calling for temps to rise into the 60s pretty quickly. later this morning we'll be t

jessica doyle has that story in 12 minutes. >> you can learn what to expect for your morning commute. right now monika has that. >> the beltway in college park, outer loop side slowing down to route 1. an accident there along the left side of the road. i'll keep you posted on that and other area roadways coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. >>> we're back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. mark boss is hard at work ated tidal basin. check out this shot of the cherry blossoms, the washington monument there and a little shroud of fog in the area. very pretty picture. >> it looks fantastic. i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. even when we see the fog like that, we can't complain, it's still so beautiful. >> it's really cool looking and a great time of year to be at the tidal basin. we have low clouds and fog in northwest. even spotty drizzle so very damp. kind of a little frizz alert for you if this is going to affect your hairstyle today.

i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. >> andrea will be back tomorrow. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're with us. you can expect? flakes out there. monika is going to have traffic in a moment. howard bernstein has your weather first. >>> we have a clipper system coming across the region. clippers move fast. they don't have a lot of moisture to work with and it is march after all. road surfaces warm so we're not expecting much in the way of problems, just conversational snow. but there will be some areas well south of d.c. towards culpeper, charlottesville that do get minor buildup on the grassy surfaces. that's something we'll watch but this is going to be a memory quickly as a warming trend is on the way after today. here's a look at our day planner. we're already in the 20s and low 30s. only 40 by noon. the permeds of flurries and -- periods of flurries and light snow especially south of d.c. the high for today around 44 degrees. we have partly cloudy skies and 32. the clipper system we're watching is coming across southern west virginia now, just into southwestern virginia

i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. >> she is. i can vouch for that i'm mike hydeck. how are you? hope you're here having a good day with us. grab another cup of coffee. lots to share with you this morning. here's monika santami. i was trying to be gentle there. she has traffic there. that'sen inside joke. i -- that's an inside joke. i sort of knuckle her. >> we have a -- he has a three- day weekend coming up so he's happy. >>> we have fog in spots, mainly north where we have a dense fog advisory. areas west and even south we have to watch out for as well. we're looking at a sunny and warm start to meteorological spring on march 1. here we go on the day planner. temperatures will be dropping a little bit here. we dropped into the low 50s. we were 59 last hour. we've lost a bunch here. where did they go? they'll be coming back. 53 by noon and this afternoon mid- to upper 60s winds at times could gust over 30 miles an hour. we're looking at that fog advisory north until 8:00 this morning. mainly those counties bordering pennsylvania and up in the west virginia panhandle

doyle, you're up next. >> i think we ought to call him dr. sunshine. mr. totzke, i want to ask you about federal workers. as you might know, the white house is currently working on a national mobility strategy to determine how the employees of the federal government are using their mobile devices and they're going to decide for example, if all agency employees can bring their mobile devices to work much like private sector employees do. we don't -- we're not advocating for one type of phone to use in the federal government, but what security issues do you foresee that might come up as a result of this if we allow all federal workers to use their own mobile device and how do you think device manufacturers can make sure that the data that's on the phone of federal workers especially in sensitive agencies remains secure? >> as you move more of the heterogenous environment and you bring your individual liable you face is that the security of platforms is going to vary based on the vendor and the features . so getting a consistent view of security and how you'r

howard bernstein will be here and delia goncalves and whole list of other characters of the jessica doyle will be here with us too. >> i'll be at mile marker one at lincoln park. come by, say hello. we should have decent weather tomorrow for that. i think temperatures start in the 50s and rise into the low to mid-70s at least for the first couple hours of the race. it should be dry. >> good deal. >> mrs. bernstein is happy with that because she'll be running the half marathon today. today we have some clouds out there. a little fog to the east and definitely cooler. we dropped 30 degrees from yesterday's high. record setting 82 at reagan national. 84, that was a record at dulles. by noon the upper 60s. there could be a couple of showers around this morning and then a shower or storm possible this afternoon as highs get toward the 75-degree mark. this morning had some thunderstorms east of pittsburgh, south of punxsutawney, out toward winchester and martinsburg this morning. you see this area of showers from capon bridge to cross junction moving east through eastern west virginia approachi

i'm jessica doyle. >>> i'm peggy fox. andrea and mike are both off today. monika santami will have traffic in a moment. >>> right now howard has your weather. i have a bone to pick with you. because i was planning to grill out tonight. >> you can grill out with an umbrella. i know it was really nice yesterday and it's going to be sunny this morning but clouds and showers are going to quickly come back later this afternoon. >> i have spring fever. >> you can go out to lunch but dinner -- you can grill out for lunch but dinner time -- i don't know what to tell you. it's chilly this morning. grab the jacket and gloves. we've got temperatures which are down in the low 30s in spots. we're in the low 40s in town. upper 40s by 9:00. mid-50s by noon as we go partly sunny. the showers roll in mid- to late afternoon with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 56. highs between 55 and 60 depending how quickly those clouds roll in. you can already see some of those clouds coming up toward the roanoke area early this morning. your temperatures down to the upper 20s in the panhandle

i'm jessica doyle -- 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off. >>> i'm mike hydeck.d morning, monika. right now howard has the forecast. >> a little chilly now. we're going into the

jessica doyle said a couple sprinkles there. the heavier stuff is really off to the northeast and east and likely to stay east of 270. look at this from urbana, coming in toward damascus now, maybe clarks burke to olney and laytonsville to beltville. let's go to forestville right down there. you had some showers in central prince george's county as well. there's lightning and thundz we are this stuff here in -- and thunder with this stuff here. fog also a big, big problem down to the south and east where much of southern maryland socked in with visibilities quarter mile or so for southern maryland. zero at culpeper. martinsburg quarter mile. winchester is up from half to a mile. we're still looking good here in town but we have pockets of the patchy dense fog where it's been raining. temps are generally in the low 60s with a few spots like manassas and haymarket in the 50s along with millersville. here in washington we've got cloudy skies over the capital and our michael & son weather camera. 63 degrees. calm winds. dew point up

as doyle smraibed in a recorded interview, he based the character on joseph bell, a scottish physician who could diagnose patients virtually at a glance. >> i thought i would try writing a story as dr. bell treated disease, and science could take the place of chance. >> the result was sherlock holmes. >> lee: 59 more stories followed, when doyle tired of the hero and tried to end the character with the evil moiarity, pressure was to bring him back. doyle died in 1930, was holmes and watson toiled on in the movies. >> my prediction is he'll be murdered. >> murdered? >> including 14 movies with bassil rathbone as holmes. >> beginning with the 1939 classic. the hound of the baskervilles. more recently holmes and watson came back to life again in two movies starring robert downey, jr. >> what was that about saving -- >> lee: so what accounts for the enduring popularity of holmes and watson? a steady stream of fans that visit 221 baker street, the bears supposed london address. for the solution to the mystery, it's self-evident, or as holmes himself is widely misquoted as saying -- element

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. >> i married a wonderful woman named kate doyle and our daut remembers named ruby and emma l doyle and i thought i might change my name to timothy doyle. >> why the weiner and weiner? >> these are germanic pronunciations that get mangled in english. if you come from vienna, it's weiner. but if your ancestors made wine in a vineyard somewhere in the austrian hungary umpire like mine did it's weiner. >> why would your daughters take your wife's name rather than yours? >> that was my idea. the entire male line of her family has died out. i have two brothers. it's a good name. >> tim weiner, author of "enemies: a history of the f.b.i.." thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure talking with you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for a copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program visit us at q and -- q-and-a.org. and they are also available as podcasts.

>> yes, doyle's we hang out at, yes. >> i went to doyle's back in the day when mitt romney was on the rise, and the sense there that you got was he's to the right of bill weld, okay, but not that much. >> right. >> bill weld was a really moderate. >> somewhere around scott brown. >> yeah, okay, and that was thes sense, and that was how republicans -- >> a little to the left of scott brown. >> that was how republicans were going to rise in massachusetts by being moderate republicans in a democratic -- >> like ed brooks. >> -- in a democratic state. they weren't talking about mitt romney as a red state, white republican. they weren't going to build the republican party in massachusetts that way and they didn't. >> this guy has a lot of houses, he's got one in santa barbara now, one ancestral home in michigan, some were back in mexico you could face the family. >> like winnipesaukee. his problem is which house is he going to come from if he gets elected to the presidency if he wins? >> who knows? it's simi valley in california. >> reagan country. let's look at one of our colleagues. "it

i'm andrea roane. >>> and i'm jessica doyle. mike is off today. howard bernstein has your weather first. throw another log on the fireplace. >> reporter: that is. i can relate to the young lady with the sugar high. weatherwise this morning it is getting a little bit cool

link between catholic church and pedophiles and closes with this sentence -- following public outcry, doyled the column should be viewed as satire adding it's traditional for me to half-apologize say i'm sorry if anyone was offended but i really don't mind if anyone was offended. tony, up with of the conservative leaders who demanded apology from the editor and chief adrianna huffington. >> can we talk about the aspects of those religious views? and how it might influence public policy? absolutely. that is a legitimate public policy discussion ke with have. to marginalize someone because they have a faith that impacts their decision. >> there was an insult aimed at romney that ended stick that in your magic under wear. a reference to temple garment. later he said he regretted the comment and called it inappropriate. he said i'm willing to admit that with no caveat. they argue if a similar article was written concerning the islamic faith, "the public outcry would be overwhelming and rightly so. in washington, shannon bream, fox news. >>> still ahead, while russia prepares to elect vladimir p

time for another your money report now. >>> jessica doyle is back. wealthy americans aren't as optimistic about the economy as we would think. >> reporter: it is surprising. a new study studies the lifestyle and spending patterns of wealthier americans. there is a lot of pessimism out there 63% say the u.s. is still in a recession. and 14% said the recession will never end. this study, conducted although economists say the recession ended all the way back in 2009. employment gains are starting to pick up momentum and some think the trend could stick with us for some time. a couple of reasons why a slowly improving how housing -- housing market and gridlock that appears to have the job market better able to withstand. european austeritity sounds nice. the swiss just actually voted down a mandate for six weeks of paid vacation a year. that would have raised the minimum holiday time from four weeks to six weeks. that is the standard used in germany, italy, russia and other european nations. mandated. >> minimum. >> minimum. >> austerity measures. it put

with respect to anything else, -- goyal drive, for instance -- doyle drive, for instance, making sure that the district supervisor is informed of what is happening. >> thank you. we are in the process right now of scheduling update meetings with all of the appropriate offices on van ness brt and a couple of other projects. it is a good suggestion over all, and we will be following up on that. commissioner campos: i would also encourage my colleagues, if there are any projects within your district or outside, that you are particularly interested in, make sure to reach out to us if you would like to have an additional brief or further information. thank you. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please, come forward. >> united public workers for action. i wanted to talk about the ongoing retaliation by the mta against drivers who make sexual harassment complaints. also, to make osha compliance pier the problem of the health and safety on the buses, lack of proper maintenance. these workers have been victimized by

jessica doyle is watching your money and your safety. >> indeed she is, she has a story that just came out a few minutes ago. >> this is the result of an investigation that was led by "consumer reports" and the magazine has found that certain medical devices like defibrillators, joint replacements and even surgical mesh used to treat hundreds of thousands of women may not be clinically tested. one doctor who had hip replacement surgery even reported the artificial joint was causing the toxic metal cobalt to be released into his body leaving to serious heart, brain and thyroid problems. the fda's own data base shows thousands of complaints about surgical mesh including infections yet it's till on the market. -- still on the market. "consumer reports" says creating a national registry is essential to being able to keep track of implanted medical devices and to alert patients if there's a problem. now currently there's no such tracking in the u.s.. and it's estimated only a fraction of medical problems actually do get reported. >>> today congressional sub committee will hold a hearing foc

. >>> 6:05, jessica doyle with us. >> ideas on earning frequent flyer miles. >> if you win megamillions you can get your own plane. of course summer vacation season is not too far in the future and even if you're not an elite traveler, top business flyers have some insider tips so you can score service that's downright first class. frequent flyers get perks like priority security lines and private lowfngs but it -- lounges but it only takes about 25,000 frequent flyer miles to reach the lowest level of elite status. what happens here? some dedicated travelers often book cheap long distance flights just to build up miles, like traveling to l.a. and back in a day just for the miles. paying for extras can also help you earn perks. a day pass to some airline club lounges is only about 50 bucks and you can get a comfortable place to relax and enjoy some snacks for free and watch some tv during your layover. "the wall street journal" also recommends buying a seat upgrade. that's going to get you into priority security lines and you'll get earlier boarding times. you can also try using a credi

. >>> jessica doyle is watching your money. she says beware the ides of march. >> that's because today is use it or lose it today. would does that mean? >> use it or lose it for your flexible spending account. maybe some folks have one of these things. those are the accounts that let workers take money out of their paychecks before tax and then they can use that pretax money to pay for medical expenses like prescriptions and doctor ease visits today. is the day to use all of that money you put in for 2011 or you lose it. most businesses give you an extra two and a half months to spend the cash so you may want to head to the drugstore. what qualifies? the rules have changed because of the health care bill passed in 2010. previously you could stock up on over-the-counter medications like cough syrup, aspirin. these items no longer qualify unless you have a doctor's prescription. that's a trick. over here is what you can buy. you can buy sunscreen but it has to have an spf higher than 15. you can buy band aids, contact lens soluti

i'm andrea roane and and i'm jessica doyle in for mike haiduk.it is monday, people we'll make it through. >> monday car -- ka

jessica doyle is watching your e-mail. >> there's a maryland-based company that says they can declutter your e-mail in box. >> your e-mail in box still out of control? you've given up. you don't sort it out. >> one baltimore start-up thinks it has the solution to your problems. >> reporter: from work e-mails to friends to spam, the clutter in your in box can mount up quickly. thousands of messages. who has the time to read all of that? >> it's something that many, many people are experiencing right now and even more people will be experiencing that over the next couple of years. >> reporter: baltimore start-up thinks this is the solution. their product short mail is the hybrid of twitter and traditional e-mail. every message limited to 500 comarkters or less allowing for more -- characters or less allowing for shorter, more direct messages and possibly less of them. >> the short mail in box really only allows e-mail from people -- from really people who are intentionally sending you stuff that complies to that. >> reporter: with so many other ways to message, does short mail defeat its

. >>> tonight there will be a new proposal to close doyle park. santa rosa school board -- the test scores are poor and school enrollment is declining but the press democrat reports the critics want to close doyle park. >>> there are four new members of the bay area sports hall of fame. former secretary of state condoleezza rice was on hands. she honored gene washington who was a star at stanford before his great years with the 49ers. gene washington was one of the local sports legitimates honored. the others included tom flores. and kevin johnson that is now the mayor of sacramento. and the late golfer george archer. you can watch last night legends of the bay area it will air tomorrow night at 6:30. i bet sal castaneda remembers gene washington, john broody back in the early 70s. >> i believe he would. >> also steve spurry when broody was out. >> you were just a tiny little kid though. >> that was when i was two. [ laughter ] >>> good morning, everybody. let's go out and take a lack at the commute. i know i probably like stunned people to let pe

. >>> they are closing doyle park elementary school. on march 14th, they voted to close to make room for a french charter school but just before, they voted to place his kid's names on the list of that school. this could be a violation of conflict rules. >>> they are morning the last she was 19 years old. he played on the sanford valley ball team with her sister. they say they are trying to be brave. >> i can't imagine what they are going through, we are going through a lot. really strong, her sister has been amazingly strong. >> for now the coroner will only release the cause of death to her family and the family would only say she had a medical emergency. >>> wineries are becoming a popular target, they are inn stalling high fences but the sonoma county sheriff said fuel thefts are up despite all the precautions and they are just easy targets since there are not many people around. >> bold people who need gas are able to just come by and snatch it without any repercussion. >> so far there have been no arrests. >> the revied cup plan w

the early - -- that lasted until the early-morning hours a santa rosa school board voted to close doyle school. the three-part vote did not happen until 1:05 a.m., one member said. the predom nantly latino school will close at the end of the year and it will reopen as a french-american charter school in the fall. >>> rainy weather and flood something threat being the boardwalk. christian calf ten has been there -- christien kafton has more. >> reporter: they've seen just how much the river has turned. >> it's much different than it has been before. it's much more severe. it used to be not so close to the boardwalk. >> reporter: rain over the last few days has pushed san lorenzo out of the path leading directly to the ocean. cutting that new path the river has already swept away a staircase on the back side of the santa cruz beach boardwalk. surfers say park workers have a tough job ahead of them. they want to reduce the damage. look at how already there's no beach. work is underway today and the workers may be up against a tough deadline with more rain in the future. workers need to use

doyle drive in for a major milestone. nearly two lanes are open. that is a bond halfway milestone.estone. it will be called presidio parkway with a weekend closure required all lanes. caltrain has not announced when that will happen but it will be a one month warning. construction should be ending in 2018. >>marty: another setback >>isabel: the domestic violence issue. the judge saying that his video was in tears displaying a bruise can be entered as evidence if it was a taped by a neighbor of lopez after she reported an argument. the lawyers said that the footage should not be allowed because the neighbor is an attorney and there was a presumption of client privileged information. several charges are pending. >>marty: buster posey behind the plate and nearly one year after his leg injury. and peyton manning, a free agent. >>isabel: the approach to the bay bridge and not too much traffic but moving, smoothly. a bit overcast we will be back. bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call

jessica doyle is here with that. no, we don't want anymore. >> i don't know about you guys but every time i go to my mailbox, i pull everything up. about 85% of what i get gets pitched. well the united postal service would like to see that percentage wide. they want businesses to send you more direct mail to help them stretch their revenue stream by hundreds of millions of dollars, maybe a billion dollars. it's launching a new campaign called every door direct campaign. it would make it easier for spall businesses to microtarget junk mail to neighborhoods. >>> spam finding its way from your e-mail to your cell phones nowadays. unwanted text messages from scammers, companies and sometimes political campaigns, boy, can they be annoying but the company gsma says it has a way to put a stop to all the spam texts. if you get one, the company says you should forward the text to 7726. that's -- that spells spam. then you're going to get a message from your wireless carrier asking you to send the phone number from where the t

jessica doyle is here. she's still watching your money. >> specifically jobs. companies are hiring. >> that's right. they are. the big companies are sending out the help wanted ads, posting them online for some of the nation's biggest companies this is going o. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report these companies are finally putting some of the record piles of cash to work by hiring workers. collectively the nation's biggest companies including caterpillar added 4.2% more net jobs globally in 2011, an increase of more than 733,000 jobs. small companies typically are the biggest drivers of new jobs. >>> yahoo filing a lawsuit against facebook over patents. it's following up on a threat from last month. a court filing says facebook has infringed on ten of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls, and social networking. facebook is pledging to defend itself. >>> this is an odd sign of the times. there is a surge in thefts of tide, the closelying detergent -- the clothing detergent. thieves are stealing it and selling it for $5 to $10. in minnesota polic

jessica doyle is back with another your money and a march madness report. >> she's talking -- employers are like, whatever, do your brackets. >> it's interesting. we know the drill every single year. employees will sneak a peek at the action to keep up with their brackets. >> live from your desk. >> they check out the action online on their computers at work. they check out a bracket on their sportphone of course. this has been a challenge from employers for a long time now. almost one in five employees surveyed by our partners at career builders say they spend more than an hour of their work day checking scores. most of them on the sneak. of course all that drama on the court will be shared and debated on social media which turns out to be another workplace distraction. >> a lot of companies put restrictions on their network and the sites that you can go to or tell their employees they can't do that. well, in today's day and time, what happens is it just makes liars out of your employees. >> so many workers of smartphones in their pockets don't need the company computer to check out wh

i'm jessica doyle. mike hydeck is off. monika santami will have traffic in a moment. >> howard bernstein stamptsous of -- starts us off. there's fog in the area. >> a little drizzle along with the fog. should be a much better afternoon. we'll see the sun sooner than we did yesterday, at least i believe we will. temperatures in the upper

he served four years of a six-year sentence. >> doyle, can you speak with us a little bill bit?ing his par roves almost up and he wanted to move on with life. for chris herben, it is difficult to move on. >> this day i find it hard to trust other people, this is a major issue for me. >> chris herben is one of the victims, you can see more of kate snow's report with rock center with brian williams tonight at 10:00. that is news4 at 5:00. news4 at 6 is now. >>> tonight, new details in the ethics probe that has shaken the d.c. sustainment. the guy who has spent decades behind bars for the murder of a woman walks free today and the national parks service changing its prediction about when we will see those cherry blossoms in bloom. good evening, i'm wendy rearing sitting in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. military involvement in afghanistan will undergo a major shift next year. box met david cameron at the white house. they talked about how to move forward in the nation despite increased violence. brian mooar is on

the district is faced with several million worth of budget cuts. >> reporter: but while doyle park ispen up on this very spot. the french american charter school, attracting many students from outside santa rosa, bringing in new money to the school district. >> this was a financial decision. >> closing the school is the worst thing happening to this rich country like this. >> from all sides. >> reporter: fifth grade teacher bob grove has taught in this same classroom for 3 # years 32 years, and has pictures. >> beginning all the way to the next class. >> reporter: next year it will be somebody else's room. >> we're in a state of shock, just sad about what happened to our school. >> reporter: students are eligible to attend a new charter school, but many parents say they're not sure yet if they will even apply. in santa rosa, rob rott. >>> and making good on a policy, the transit agency has agreed to bias many as 40 new buses like this one in hayward. the 16 million order will be paid with state funds. a bus is scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. ac transit was heavily criti