difficult to reach rescue crews are accessing the area through property owned by microsoft ceo steve balmer whose house is, for now, not in immediate danger. reporter eric wilkinson is on scene for nbc affiliate king-5 >> we were down in the slide zone just two minutes ago. we are watching the hillside continue to crumble. every three to five minutes you would see another chunk of dirt just come tumbling down. >> reporter: one home is less than ten feet from the slide. officials call the ground incredibly unstable and fear there is nothing they can do to prevent the slide from growing. after a late spring storm stalled over the area last week dumping half a foot of snow and saturating the already soaked ground. the forecast is not good with more showers on the way and several homes getting ever closer to the edge. >> the way the bank looks in the next rain i wouldn't expect to see half of it here. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> awful situation there. >>> some folks across the country today reported problems with their internet service. either slowness or sporadic s

if this had been done at microsoft or some other way, we'd be debating the working policy, not steve balmerng marissa mayer because we made her famous and that made her a target. >> what she's advocating looks like a way backwards as yahoo! help people work at home. >> totally agree. >> we will end on this point of consensus and marissa mayer i think needs to speak out and talk a little bit, defender herself rather than hiding behind pr people. thanks for joining us this morning. still to come, "the washington post" ends the ombudsman position. businessweek's over cover and the parting shot at the "new york times" and the cute animal tale that was too good to be true. media monitors straight ahead. on something that concerns all of us...obesity. and as the nations leading beverage company we can play an important role. that includes continually providing more options. giving people easy ways to help make informed choices. and offering portion controlled versions of our most popular drinks. it also means working with our industry to voluntarily change whats offered in schools. but beating ob

microsoft steve balmer and i we grew as partners. for the foundation, melinda's playing that role. she's got things she gets out in front of and gets a little advice from a me. and likewise some of the science things i like to get out in front on. and it's great that you have partners like mi whe you can go out and talk through these things. you know, we see different things. we get to travel to africa at different times and come back and turn notes about these things. >> rose: the purpose of the travel is what other than get an observational viewpoint on how things are going. does it do something for you to see the people who are living with disease. or the people who you might benefit. if these programs work. >> absolutely. the hands-on heart wrenching site of t people you're not helping out yet. in the case of polio, i held a girl, three years old who was one of the last children in india to get polio. and her legs are paralyzed. she doesn't realize what a huge burden that's going to be, particularly in that kind of society, to not be able to walk. and so it really reminds you t

were evacuated by boat and one guy by an alterrain vehicle that was driven across microsoft ceo steve balmer'srty. i was taken out because he needed medication. he couldn't get out any other way besides that atv. most of the homes are used only for weekend and vacation homes. again this will be an issue for a longtime for people as they can't get down this road and take the fork down because it's covered by tons and tons of debris. jenna: our hearts go out to them, what an unexpected event to suddenly happen to you and your property. an incredible story, dan, thank you. jon: imagine a guy who is in his home at 4:00am, slid down the cliff and still had the presence of mind to get out of there. unbelievable. there is new information on assault allegations against pop superstar justin bieber. multiple law enforcement sources are telling us that the l.a. county sheriff is investigating rick folbaum is live with more. >> reporter: we are told when when the investigation is done it will go to the da's office. it stems from a confrontation between bieber and one of his neighbors who had come to the p

road washed away, power lines and a water main wiped out, emergency crews used microsoft ceo steve balmer's property to assess the damage. brett holmes lost half his backyard. insurance, he says, won't cover the damage. >> makes me sick to my stomach having to get up and go through this. that's the first news i got. >> reporter: with some evacuation orders lifted, this morning others are still being warned to stay away. today they can only watch and wait, uncertainly what they'll find when it's deemed safe to return. though landslides are fairly common in this area, geologists say it's rare to happen in this magnitude. they will look at the role that recent rain and snow played in the area. the bad news, matt, there's a potential for rain in the forecast today. >> miguel almaguer, thanks very much. you said 9 inches of rain recently? >> ahead of what they would normally have for the month and they had a heavy snowfall. so it probably had something to do with it. >> amazing pictures. let's turn to tamron for a check of the news. >> good morning, everyone. the u.s. air force has sent two stea