and, yes, the dude app is real. wouldn't it be nice if there was an app to get rid of problem phone calls, like tell marketers. fortunately, the excuse app is real. coming in at number two. >> yeah, hey, man, it's dave. i'm going to need you to come in and dleen that up. >> yeah, i can't. i'm being attacked by a rabid wolverine. yeah, uh-uh huh-uh. >> if you're like me, you wish you had a better way to communicate with cats. >> what do you think of the show? >> technology couldn't help me do that, could it? she likes the show, yes. the human-to-cat translator is at the top list of our apps that are real but maybe shouldn't be. from dudes with excuses to talking cats, you're up to speed on apps that are real but shouldn't be. >> i always wanted to talk with a real chef to find out how the pros do it. i did. it's time for shelf shopping secrets on the break down. >> so what are the secret chef tips that you know that you guys might want to know. >> so, mr. theresa, number one, what the heck is that? >> i don't know. i

the common app did not respond to multiple interview requests. a statement to cnn they said as we approach the busy deadline season we are fully committed to a complete and timely review of application for all members, particularly those with november 1st deadlines. at catholic university they've gone old school, retreating to the basement to scan them. >> universities around the country rely on the common application. we need them to fix this. we do hope there's a resolution soon. >> imagine that. i'm going to stay offline tonight. >> now what mr. schools like hopkins, mt. st. marys and others, all accept common apps. >> most early decision deadlines is november. some schools have extended those deadlines because of all the problems they're having with the common app. >>> start off with a look at temperatures. 80 in columbia, south carolina. this will bump up our temperatures maybe another 10 degrees or so. we'll talk about rain chances for trick or treat. mt. airy. the clouds roll in and the blue sky trying to fight back a mix of clouds, enjoyi

of sleep apps. a doctor weighs in on whether they're really helpful... or if professional treatment may be necessary. ((break 3)) we all need it... but few of us get enough. some non- sleepers turn to medications, but recently many of those who are sleep deprived are using sleep apps on their smart phones to help them get some extra zs. here's carl azuz with today's health minute. it's a crazy world we live in. go... go... go... but when it comes to going to bed, a lot of us are so stressed, we just can't get any shut-eye. there are plenty of medications that claim they can help people sleep. but some drugs have side effects, so a lot of folks choose to toss and turn until they doze off. (nats) introducing sleep apps, applications you can download on your smart phone, or tablets. from using soothing sounds that help you relax, to tracking your sleep patterns, these apps claim they can help you get a better night's sleep. "the fact that people are starting to recognize the importance of sleep is the bonus." but do they really help when it comes to your he

live began four years after the king of pop apps death at 50. dr. conrad murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter forgiving jackson an overdose of drugs. >> jackson's mother claimed he was negligent but a.e. y -- g claims they have done nothing wrong. >> as i said from the very beginning would we have considered settlement no. we wouldn't consider settling for the very important reason that a.e.g. live didn't do something wrong. >> the jackson family was seeking $2 billion but after the jury apps decision they're not getting a cent -- will carr, fox news. >> bestselling author tom clancy has died. he was best known for his military novels. many were adapted for the big screen including hunt for red october, patriot games. clancy died in baltimore. his cause of death has not been released. he was 66 years old. >> senator reid under fire for a comment he made talking about the shut down. >> what he said about children with cancer and the outrage that followed on social media. >> and when you get up -- can i play? no! you don't even get footbal

every slen apps -- evelyn apps father is on furlough too. >> it's really difficult. i think everyone is hoping for the best hoping that it's a quick resolution. >> in the meantime henry is learning a strange lesson that he's not going back to school in the morning because of something they did. >> it made me feel a little nervous because i don't like a lot of people fighting. >> my 5-year-old cannot go to kindergarten because our congress have forgot take turns, share, listen, don't call each other names so i don't know if that means our congress people need to go back to kindergarten or my kindergartner is ready to go to congress but it's ironic. >> brian katz says the smithsonian community will keep in touch on facebook and one of the four year old said we can go to the capital and show them how to get along. >> thank you. from federal happy hours to shut down rebates a lot of deals are popping up being offered to furloughed workers. lauren demarco continues our coverage. >> it's ugly, it's unconscionable, it's couldn't tempt bl. >> furloughed employees forced to h

jint that apps twitter handle was taken away and j.p. morgan was tweeting from it -- >> i do feel like i was singled out so twitter could play into the hands of what j.p. morgan wanted. >> j.p. morgan had no comment and twitter told fox business they don't comment on individual accounts but pointed us to the policy that says it should not list the names of the subject. complication shin here is that his first name is chase. one more important detail -- jint that was retweeting customers. it shows jint that did write the word chase in the bank's signature blue collar in his avatar photo which violates their copyright policy. >> he disagrees and with the initial public offering around the corner he has no interest in investing twitter apps ipo saying he feels stilted by the company he once loved. he does tweet but now under his whole name. >> well from making pregnancy easy to making freebies for furloughed workers. >> hi, shawn we begin with an app for moms to be. the baby bump app will help you stay on track throughout your pregnancy and

. >> you talked about app-advertising. >>> there's different ways to use apps.an have an ad within your app. more importantly, the best way to use an app is to get them to use a free version and then up-sell them to a more premium version. it works. you have a good relationship with your customer. a lot of small businesses are choosing to do that. >> this just happened to me. i downloaded a free app for my children, played two of the games for them. >> you're hooked. >> to get the third one, i had to pay. they had me. i knew i liked the product. >> you're giving them a free sample. >> facial recognition software, how does that help us? >> it's not that it helps us. it's understanding the technology to figure out if it's good for you. in the billboard space, they have billboards with facial recognition. the billboard is looking back at you and playing the type of ads that you are going to look at. so you don't want to run women ads to men and ads for hockey to women, if i may say that. >> is this in a lot of places? >> they're testing it. in madison square garden

boss sent me fishing for story about app called big strip.pped on a bus and headed down to coffee shop where people who know about app go outside. >> no i don't. the he explained this east are the colorful cartoon your friend might post on facebook with character that lack like themselves. >> kind of in the picture but people love it. >> that's under statement. the 11 million down led hottest app on from the storesnd so much demand it crashed the company web site. scramble for a fix. of we have been completely overwhelmed bit enormous reresponsibilities. he added ecstatic about the app popularity but how dots it would? i came face-to-face with an expert use. >> jumped into it. i usually make 1 or 2 a day now. >> bob explains the genius that they have artist every day. you have a big one if you are in it. >> make with 8 on the string. ready to give it a try. design this make it lack like you or like younger version of you. every detail on the table from bushy brown to this and it's social so put your friend in there with you. add a speech bubb

if you used a common app you could be left in the dark.he bay area, we have a storm out here in the pacific and it is headed to california. i'll let you know know what it's going to do. there are still a lot of web site flips -- glitches for people signing up for obamacare. some of the problems include customers enrolling in multiple plans and applications with misses data. tomorrow president obama will address the frustrations that accompany the roll out. >>> a nationwide manhunt has come to a end. two escape prisoners are hint bars. you are looking at video of police surrounding the motel room. jenkins and walker were caught after a tip led authorities to a motel room. authorities say they were set free on court orders with a forged judge signature. florida is now requiring a judge to verify any sentence modification. it wasn't an overnight situation and someone from the outside helped them. they didn't do it on their own. with the search over the investigation into how the men were released is ongoing. the pair are held without bail and

there are apps that help. the alarm clock and sleep android are both disoiped to wake you up at the optimal spot am your sleep cycle so you fell well rested. if new sick helps you sleep, there's one that will play soothing sounds. it turns off when it exceptses you're asleep. then another one has a small strap that hooked over the mattress. it records your heart rate, breathing and movement. that data is sent straight to your smartphone. >> i like that. if slope apps don't work and you don't want to turn to pills, there are natural ways to help you get a good neat's sleep. sleep problems are common in women as they age and their magnesium levels drop. taking a magnesium supplement helps. there are also foods. >> my favorite are pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. drinking a cup of tart cherry juice about a half hour before bedtime can help. >> tart cherry juice. experts recommend a half cup of pumpkin seeds wednesday or twice a day far more restful night's sleep. if the sleep problems continue, talk to a doctor

an ad within your app, but more importantly, the thing of an app, get them to use a free version andsell to a premium version and it works. a lot of small businesses are choosing to do that. >> exactly. it's easy. this just happened to me actually. i downloaded a free app for my children, played two of the games with them, then -- >> you're hooked. >> to get the third one i had to pay, but they had me. >> it works, it's a sample. you're giving them a free sample. >> facial recognition software, how does that help most of us? >> it's understanding the technology so you know if it's good for you. in the billboard space, they have billboards with facial recognition, the billboard is looking back at you and playing the type of ads that you are going to look at. so you don't want to run women ads to men and ads for hockey for women, if i may say that. >> is this in a lot of places? >> they are testing it, yeah. madison square garden, they won't show you a male ad, they'll show you a female ad if you're the only one sustained standing in front of the one they are testing. >> another way of

, for which they prepared a 90-second pitch. >> my app is called the fast plan. >> reporter: for the we have now heard everybody's pitches. so now is the fun part. now you're going to be forming into teams. >> reporter: students scrambled to either build a team around their own idea or join someone else's. what happened in your case? >> well, it's more like people wanted to join me, but i didn't realize that they wanted to do their idea. it was just a pitch fight all over again. >> reporter: when all the dust had settled, there were nine teams competing for the $5,000 prize. rajesh's team served up mealr, which offers teens healthy recipes and rewards smart food choices with digital badges. competitors' reaction? >> i'm a teen. i don't have to worry about my diet. >> reporter: brandon's team, nyc loop, aims to be the go-to place for teens in search of things to do in new york. >> i wouldn't really download it, because for groups like that, i usually just use facebook to create an event. >> reporter: and emily's team will offer up empire bash, dazzlingly multi-player games that teach

we want to delay obama care apps individual mandate for a year and the g.o.p.ey want to cancel house subsidies for members of congress, their staff and white house and put them under obama care. what g.o.p. members are saying look we're no different than anyone else. if it's good enough for you it's good enough for us. the senate said no and rejected it. kicked it back to the house tonight. right now we're being told the house leadership is a signing negotiators to try to come up with a plan. so this is not over by a long shot. and you know what? government shut downs not exactly the norm but in the last three decades they have flared up in budget battles. budget and debt battles. in 1980 funding for the federal trade commission expired. shut down for a day. lawmakers made a quick fix cost $700,000. 1980 shut down cost $80 million. in 1985 and 1986 the government shutdown twice during the clinton administration over taxes, medicare and the budget. the first lasted for six days. the second dragged on for 21 days. again we are live here on capitol hill. right now

is it worth the time and money to patent a mobile app? >> okay, i'm starting with the investor and ending with the lawyer on this. is it worth getting a patent? >> well, you know, i would say for mobile app, the answer is no. you should put all of your money, all of your energy into growing the business, getting users, getting traction, you know. lawyers are like gravity, water under gravity, they'll tell you maybe you should, they're trained to do it, they know how to do it, they're going to, you know, have you do that. maybe they'll bill you later. maybe they'll bill you now. >> boy, by the time you get your patent, it may be a failure oregor a success. it takes a lot of time and money. >> minimal viable product, just get going. i think if you're in biotech or something and you really -- it is the molecules, you want to patent that. intellectual property protection for sure, but for a mobile app, it is a clear answer. don't waste any money trying to patent. >> what do you think? >> i think most decent patent lawyers will state same thin

com you can also download our mobile apps. >> the web site of the mobile app have a section dedicated to but you also get pushed alerts at the latest information. >> san jose police are searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting. >> it happened just past midnight thursday on the 3700 block of masters court. >> police say someone shot multiple times at the victim as they were entering the front door of the home. >> the victim was not injured in the shooting. >> sacramento is responding to the deadly limousine fire on the san mateo bridge last night. a new bill will require californian limousines to have more emergency exits. >> governor jerry brown signed the measure it requires limousines which carry fewer than 10 passengers to have to push out windows and to rear doors appeared >> you like to remember back in may, five women died in a fire after being trapped by the flames that erupted in the limousine. >> the governor vetoed another bill requiring the chp to conduct annual safety inspections of limousines. >> he said the 12 the inspection fee to be higher than the proposed $75.

you can track your traffic with the app at apple app and google play to join our group.g our group and talking about weather is mike nicco. good morning, mike. >> i am part of the group today. good morning, everyone. not part of the group, though, dealing with the fog is sausalito. most of san francisco, but just on the left or right side of the screen, you can see a little bit of that trying to push across the golden gate bridge. watch out or watch for highly differential visibility along the coast today. it will be cloudy at the coast. the rest of us are clear, low 50's to mid-to-upper 50's by 7:00 so a spread there. by 12:00, most of the clouds are opening up at the coast and partly sunny and 66 and a bigger spread today and not so warm at the coast because of the cloud cover that will retard the warming of the sunshine and 68 there and 80 inland by 4:00 and 60 to near 70 and a little of us seeing stars in the evening and needing a light coat. into the weekend and next week, you can see small cooling trend everywhere with a few clouds at the coast and a lot of sunshin

down they say you can't buy love but one app is trying to change all of that but men offering incentives like jewelry dinner and even plastic surgery all for a date coming up we'll tell you how the labor of love just got a price tag. it's friday october twenty fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm an aaron david and you're watching our t.v. . we begin with more european reaction on the latest n.s.a. revelation that the u.s. government has been spying on its european allies this week we learned that the spy agency had been following the communications of more than seventy million french citizens tracking the personal cell phone of german chancellor merkel and tapping the phones of at least thirty five world leaders as a meeting of european leaders winds up in brussels today germany and france are moving to take action in the e.u. artie's test arcilla has warned thirty five world leaders will be spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house receive apartments to share those conta

he's using an ipad app.still pointing, but his communication abilities have improved. >> you want strawberries. >> his interaction less frustrating. >> put the silverware on the table. >> using the technology, it combines a child's physical surroundings with videos of the child in those surroundings. >> it's joe in the pictures, which all the other things are those symbols of things which joe doesn't have an imagination, so trying to figure out what the picture meant just made things more complicated. >> he's learning and he's much, much calmer. >> when joe came to us at 15, really the extent of his communication was he was pushing us away if we were stopping him from something or grabbing what he wanted. but there was no real attempts a the verbal language. >> it has become a common teaching tool for kids in his school. >> putty. >> get the putty, joe. nice work, that is the putty. you drink with a? cup. nice job. >> show me something that goes with seat belts. car goes with seat belts, you're so good. >> w

world area and look at how much apps cost for smartphones they cost zero or one dollar or two dollars or three so they're very much still forced by the fact there isn't going to be a lot of revenue we're just going to do it from our heart and a lot of innovation comes out there a lot of them turn out to be successful when people didn't expect that doesn't mean it's the average is your make a lot of money with apps but that world is very open could i make an entire computer platform today anybody sits back see i was very lucky i was one human being who could build the whole computer the hardware in the software and building it doing the whole thing today it's so many millions of bits of code you have to take what's already been done before before piece it together and do what other people are doing and then you have to be ineffectual and you just can't compete with the big companies in the same area about that's why the area of competition has shifted to how we live our life and how these tools can be used to affect our lives now speaking about a necessity being the mother of invention

are usually like siri is definitely my favorite app on the i phone i got to say that. and then if i went through a whole day and showed you all the different apps i use at different times it'll vary day to day and i can't say any one of them was any more important than each other at except you know siri i mean it's a series of more important making phone calls would you like it to be improved i mean is there potential to develop oh my gosh hugely because very often i get frustrated when i speak it and then i change my words and i speak it more clearly and it understates my words right but it doesn't understand what i meant and i want to teach it but that's software and that's programming you've got to give it time just like some verlee computers didn't sell very well at first but then given enough years we can still make a market out of them nick thank you very much for your time and if you like to sell please join us again same place same time here on a length of pipe. it's a. person. old. edward snowden speaks out about what he calls washington's witch hunt on fellow

look at app store rating we have highest ratings of any hotel booking app in the app store. of hotels we work with and quality of the app and booking process. once people book and come back and book over and over, something else we're happy about. liz: talk about how it works. at noon every day a bunch of hotels that have gone unsold for that night then become available, correct? >> that's right. so it is a marketplace were the hotels are loading unfilled rooms into the hotel tonight and they can use a variety of methods to get a set inventory and compete against each other and the very best deals, the very best values for that night we show to consumers. a hand-picked selection of hotels. we only work with top hotels, once you see the hotels, those deals, those values, you can book that hotel very, very, very quickly with three taps and a swipe. provide the photos and take our own photography and booking process is simple and straightforward. liz: i was going to ask you about quality control. you go in there and look. booking.com, we know, we've seen you're never going to b

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i'm concerned about running apps on a android device. 71% of all apps contain a critical flaw accordingwould say not just your iphone. cars are developed that do self-parking and self-driving. a lot of applications have internet accessibility, right? even thermostats. think about hackers could hack into devices and your car that could self-drive. adam: what is developing that would rectify this? do you go to app developers and say here is how to remove the vulnerabilities from the open source code or something else? >> what we do is really quite simple. we help developers make better selections. rather than selecting a lego that has a defect, select an alternative lego that doesn't. once they deploy the applications keeping track of the building blocks, so as new things are learned over time we can help people stay better educated and better informed and react to emerging threats. one of the things we've seen recently are exploits targeting web applications. one particular defect in one particular lego resulted in the compromiss of literally thousands of websites around the world includ

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they're calling out new sales promotions for more apps, they want users to work with the apps more and facebook benefits because it gets a 0% in app payment revenue. >>> coming up in our area, it happened within the last 30 minutes, we'll bring you the latest. >> we have developing news from san jose. what we have learned about an early morning health fire. stay with us, we'll be right back. >> right, now, on the san mateo bridge, traffic looks good, but things are getting busier or on other bay area bridges. >> highest day for fuel come up, we'll show you where. ñggg >>> overnight in san francisco near busy union square, a local business gets targeted by a smash and grab. >> we're live at the scene of a house fire. we'll have the latest on what firefighters found inside and tell you how the homeowner is doing. >> the budget shutdown continues on capitol hill. the reason why there's no end in site for the government problem. >> the shutdown of the agency that monitors earthquakes all over the world including here in the bay area. . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. w

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it is easier to build an app. you don't have to worry about the app. if you build an app, you don't have to worry about connecting to other services. it is awesome. there are more than 100,000 apps. that is going well. on grow, people think of facebook platforms as distribution. and that's true. that has always been a big part of the story. we have been an important part of helping grow their apps. one of the biggest things we're doing is mobile app install. it is a part of our business that has grown quickly. a lot of people are starting to rely on us. that's great. and then monetize as well. a lot of people making payments for their services. if we can help make it so that the industry overall can build better apps that are more human by and helping monetize, then i feel really good. >> i am going to go with a personal question now. i don't know how many people realize every year you have a personal challenge where you challenge yourself to do something really interesting, hard. in the past you have learned chinese, which you did. >> right. >> tried

i should mention, christine, autismate is not cheap. $150 in the app store.comparable to a lot of therapy apps out there and a lot less than the other tech out there which costs thousands of dollars. when it comes down to it it's an investment a lot of families are willing to make and also a reminder that technology can change lives. >> really finding his voice for the first time. what a wonderful story. coming up -- the s&p 500 at record highs. nasdaq up 30% this year. but much of america isn't feeling any richer. >> corporations, businesses doing very well in this country, and a large segment of the population is not, is not riding along with it. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. >>> the stock market is up but you're feeling down, i'm christine romans, this is "your money."

the buzz around the new app that nag you around the new app that nag you to sit up straight.'t >> we have update on a story before the break breaking news in southern california. police made an arrest in the case of those dry ice bombs at los angeles international airport that we just reported. it is as expected an airport employe employee. some sort of disgruntled employee. authorities said from the start it didn't appear to be any kind of terrorist act but angry employee and now one has been arrested in southern california. >> well moving on. if the parents ever nag to you sit up or stand up straight as a kid you probably understand the have of gentle reminder now and then. i need one as i tend to slouch sometimes. now bay area company is inincorporating that concept into a new device sdaind to improve your posture. here's carolyn johnson. >> if you sit at your desk for eight hours a day chances are you slouch once in awhile. but consistently bad posture lae to go back pain or other issues you might need help to straighten up your act. >> stood up from the chair right now i

when away from the tv, find it at abc 7 news.com/apps. a look at your morning commute with leyla. >> okay. quiet conditions for the most part in terms of accidents. we have debris in lanes because of the winds but congestion is going to be a factor along 580 as per usual and we have construction projects that are still in effect and this one is going to last until 7:00 eastbound side of 580 from 82 san pablo avenue we're going to have lanes blocked there and crews will be working to clean things up, so within the next hour you should see all lanes open. drive time traffic 101 from san francisco to sfo, a flight to catch, 11 minutes will get you there, 880 northbound from 238 to the maze, northbound 185 to the san jose airport 14 minutes will get you there, live look outside at the tolls the cash pay lanes are loading up. doesn't look like the metering lights are on just yet. >>> thanks. we're continuing to follow breaking news from the south bay. an overnight fire damaged a home in san jose. the dramatic fire was caught on camera by an ab

you want it or not but it's a future trend. >> what's the app again?ere's a lot of apps. each one has its own. they are very vertical and unique. they don't talk to each other across brands is one concern i have. so you may have several apps to run all of these if you get them all. >> oh, boy. thank you, brian cooley. find more of his tech watch segments on our website, kpix.com/mornings. >> thank you, brian. good stuff. >>> time now for a look at what's coming up a little later on "cbs this morning." >> my bff gayle king joins us now from new york. good morning. >> reporter: it's good to see you, bff michelle and frank, hello to you. don't you want more stuff to do when you're sit there is eating dinner? >> no kidding. it's like we don't have enough to do already. what the heck. >> reporter: no, i like that segment. good to see you two. ahead, what went wrong in the navy seal raid in somalia? fbi insider john miller joins us with new information. plus, for the first time killing new video of the biker attack on an suv in new york. and only on "cbs thi

the free apps were just as effective as those requiring a fee. get the free ones. >>> take a look at this cash. no funny money here. this has several new features. there's a blue security 3-d ribbons. don't worry if you have the old ones. >> i can't remember the last time i had one. >> hey, you might see plenty of those new 100s at the mall this holiday season. americans plan to spend an average of $646 on presents. that's according to the holiday shopping survey. that's 11% more than last year. many people are shopping early. more people will hit the stores this black friday than any other black friday. i don't nknow when the survey ws done, but i wonder if that will change with the government shutdown. more than last year. >> thinking about that already. maybe planning ahead. >> october. wow. >>> stay with us, news 4 continues today at 5:00 a.m. >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >>> one week later still shutdown. the debate grows on if, not when it will reopen. >>> is d.c. ready to deal with the crowds due to the furlough? >>> details we

there's an app for ios and android devices. overdrive is primarily a service for audio books and e-books. you can check out your local library's web siept and even an app.'my it's bagsically everything you could find on loon rline. i want's a limited children's selection with documentaries and foreign films as part of their overdrive's e-flix collection. thousands of libraries will let you send books to kindle. if you're parter inned, you can read hundreds of magazines for free. >>> finally, if you're looking for an internet cafe without t the espresso machine, most libraries offer free wifi. so technically, you can read your digital books surrounded by real ones. >> hey, thanks, connor. when you're trying to eat healthy, light and fat free sound pretty good, right? >>. >> right. but if you read the ones listed, it's a different story. >> a look at unhealthy fit foods today. >> just pop it in your microwave and then pop it t in your mouth. light microwave orn. a much-easier and more budget friendly alternative is to make your o

on twitter, common app users are venting. one person tweeted, "i'm never going to be able to apply to college.", and included this image of the changing their early deadlines. in atlanta, georgia tech moved its early action deadline from october 15th to the 21st, after being flooded with calls from concerned students." >> "we are not going to let technology punish a student for something that's outside of their control. if that means extending a deadline, we're going to do that." >> "it just worked. oh. ok then. i guess you guys are good luck." back in atlanta, voss was eventually able to log on in front of us. .getting one step closer to submitting her college applications. >> reporter: "what do you think that moment is going to be like? relief. relief." >> reporter: alina machado, cnn, atlanta. on its facebook page, common app attributed some of the issues to quote "a spike in activity". the organization says it is working to fix the glitches and offers suggestions for users having trouble. still ahead. the city of san fran

i think the difference thursday apps rain will be a little bit more substantial than friday apps willbut we'll have showers hanging around. we can't rule them out for saturday either. i think of the three days this one probably has fewer showers and we can't describe it as a sunny day or chance of showers. i think they'll be some around. high temperatures below average 63 degrees as the clouds overtook the area and the rain came in mainly this afternoon. only 61 at dulles. b.w.i. marshall 60 and temperatures tonight will be in the 50s and we really aren't going recover too much tomorrow. now winds not too bad in the metro area but you get over to the eastern shore down south and east and we're getting gusts 15-20. if you get a decent downpour there may be potential downpour to 30 but nothing you can't handle. it's going to be how long this lasts that gets on everybody apps nerve. the low pressure creeps north. high pressure blocks it a little bit. we won't see this changing until sunday. with this thing off to the coast we'll have rounds of showers and temperatures cooler than average

now we just need an app.g factions to stop fighting and make peace. >>> the correct answer to our gps challenge question was, d, colorado springs, colorado. the federal government has more than 2 million employees in total. almost 450,000 of them work in the washington, d.c. areas, but as a percentage of the workforce, colorado springs leads the nation. the city is home to three military installations. there are 55,000 federal workers who comprise 18.8% of the workforce. thanks for being part of my program this weeks. i will see you next week. >>> good morning, we want to update you on a pair of military raids carried out in africa, one in somalia, the other in libya. barbara starr has details. i want what can you tell us about that? what we know is of course president obama was monitoring both operations very carefully

you can also download our mobile app. the website and the mobile app have a section dedicated to bart. you can also get push alerts for the latest information. >> a san francisco man who was missing in the mendocino national forest for 18 days after he slipped and lost consciousness in steep terrain has been rescued and is in surprisingly good condition. the ukiah daily journal reports today that 72-year-old gene penaflor survived in the yuki wilderness by eating squirrels, lizards, a snake, berries and algae and covering himself with leaves to stay warm. penaflor had been missing since sept. 24. oakland international airport rolled out a tsa pre-check program today that will allow some travelers to keep their shoes and jackets on when passing through security. the pre-screening initiative allows expedited screening for qualified passengers that allows them to keep their shoes and light jackets on and keep their laptops in their cases, according to port of oakland a dedicated pre-check lane will initially be open only in