>>brian: a gold medalist is here and apparently she's going to teach me how to walk on my hands. gretchen: oh my gosh. >> it just got real. >>brian: linda evans teaming up with gretchen. vernon davis, there he is. >> a bill kwrapbt bill, our -- a brilliant bill. our congress at work. way to go. >> don't fall. almost. >>gretchen: oh my gosh, that's so much more than i thought. >> what is that? >> i'm a big fan of nicole petallides stalk walk. it's going to be cold. here's my weather walk everybody. >>brian: i'm thinking about selling some of gretchen's head shots for extra money. >>gretchen: they wouldn't go for much. i have jewelry i'll give you instead. >>steve: hannah is on the road today at busch gardens. >>brian: here's something we have in common. i'm a soccer player, you're a football player. we also have the same definition in my shoulders. why are you laughing? >> because you don't have the definition. >>gretchen: here we go! one-way street. here we go. whew! >>gretchen: last night i met somebody at an event who wanted to know if you actually did a head stand yesterday. >>

>>brian: here's the score. ow if it's going to be a plus or minus for in a would-be relationship. here we go. is your credit score attractive? cupid says bad at 600 or below. >> forget it. you love him. he's gorgeous. he's smart, but bad score, out. >>brian: good, above 750. if you really want to impress a would-be, between 800 and 850. >> credit scores basically have become sexy. there's so many websites, match.com, creditscoredating.com. match.com says 84% say they have now become more selective on their first dates because of this down economy. and the other thing is some of the experts who are psychological experts, financial experts talk about people -- and it's not one way, by the way. this is not women picking men. this is men also saying, hey, what are you bringing to the table, my female friend? >>brian: are you attracted to me because of my bank account or because you have a bad credit rating? >> right. one guy actually said he met a woman -- and this is a true story -- on a date, and he thought she wa

patrick's day parade here in new york city. >> brian: they're definitely having it, right? er and bagels. >> alisyn: and they will find it. i will be here to guide you through all of that. meanwhile, let's get to your headlines. there are two big developments in the search for answers in the benefiting terrorist attack. fox news confirms three survivors of the attack were diplomatic security agents. two were hurt in the c.i.a. annex in that second wave of the attack. the third suffered smoke inhalation at our consulate. republican lawmakers have been demanding information about these survivors and access to them. a libyan national has apparently been detained in libya. he's being questioned to see if he was a witness to the attack or had a more involved role. we'll keep you posted on all that. then two men in critical condition after a jumbo tron fell on them. this accident happened as the workers were hoisting up the giant screen as part of a stage for a music festival in miami. it crashed down on them. >> came down on two of them. one just narrowly missed being caught by t

brian, here's good news for us.t the site right now. $8,000 to develop a high-temple polymere composite for an additive direct manufacturing, something we've been working on. >>brian: right. interesting. have you had your beaker out, two smocks. >>gretchen: if somebody knows what a high-temple polymer for additive is, tweet us and we'll steal your idea and send it to the government. all right. >>brian: is that how you want your tax dollars spent? >>steve: thousands of dollars, poor guy, rapping about vegetables in his kitchen. remember we're talking about airports closing -- airport towers closing across the country. >>steve: brand-new details about why two skydivers returned to earth. it turns out one was trying to save his student's life. for some reason his student didn't try to pull the rip cord for a shoot. the entire thing recorded by the teacher's helmet's camera. >> although i've not seen this video myself, hearing the graphic nature of what occurred is tragic what happened to these two individuals. >>steve:

so, here's brian: -- brenda and alicia on behalf of nectar therapeutics. clap lap (applause) clap >> and the third place winner is jennifer taylor. the company had 13% participation. jennifer? is jennifer here? (applause) >> and for the highest level of employee participation in a small company where 100% of their employees participated, we have bars and tone creative agency and accepting the trophy is eric stekel. eric, thank you so much. congratulations. (applause) >> and we also have langley investment properties and accepting the proof i is blake peterson. is blake here? thank you, blake. (applause) >> and for the most clean

and next -- is brian here? no. okay. all right. so we're all set and mia i would like you to enlighten us more in all that you're doing in social emotional learning. >> sure. i had some slides but i'm not sure -- no, we have a handout that went around to you and more detail about what social emotional learning is because i think we rise a little bit today and i came from seattle and i know many people have brought up that term today and i get the sense from this group that you're at kind of a high level of discourse and you have a general understanding. could i see a show of hands for those of you that social emotional learning is a familiar term? and those that feel you have a deep understanding of it? okay. great. thank you. i want to introduce myself a little more so you have the context of what i do. i work for a nonprofit in seattle "committee for children" and we have been around for about 32 years. we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum a

brian: i am. i have $10 bet on ted, with ted, that they will lose three of their next seven games. >> steve: you heard it hereeight-year-old in my house to stay up from watching the game. >> brian: we'll have him call in the after the show show. oh, he's at school. >> steve: somebody else who loves the heat and heart broken, maria molina. >> yes. good morning. i'm from miami. i'm so bummed that they lost last night. but at least they're doing good. i'm sure they'll keep it up. >> brian: i'm sure they'll be fine, maria. ten-game lead over the knicks for the top seed. >> yeah, yeah. they'll be fine. let's take a look at the weather conditions across the country today because we're waking up to yet again another chilly morning out across parts of the northeast and even across the southeast. we have freeze warnings in effect still this morning. temperatures dipping below 32 degrees in parts of the carolinas. raleigh, 28 degrees right now. even in tampa, 45. that's pretty chilly for you down into parts of florida. 30 in chicago. 26 currently in minneapolis. but no fear, minneapolis, you'll be warming up into the u

brian: 72. >> gretchen: okay. how about this question? maybe we'll do better on this. >> here is the second one. .5-kilograms to grams. >> gretchen: to grams? oh, oh. >> brian: i'm going to say a. >> gretchen: i'm going to say b 'cause i have no idea. >> steve: i don't think the answer is there. a kilogram is a 1,000th of a gram. >> here is the answer. b. >> brian: i want a recount. >> gretchen: brian, so far we're 0 for two. >> brian: my kids ask easy questions. >> gretchen: one more. here is my son. >> hi, mom. what's up? here is my math question for you. what's the size of the missing angle? >> steve: what's the size of the missing angle? that's easy. >> gretchen: 40! let's see. >> steve: it's 40. >> you see the answer. >> gretchen: all right. >> steve: you would know that. you were taping him. >> gretchen: i wasn't taping him! >> steve: he says hi, mom. >> gretchen: he says hi to me on tv. get it? >> brian: so here is kaitlyn and kirsten trying to do the best they can to stump us. let's go. >> hi, i'm kirsten, i'm katy. we're about to ask you questions. a square has a area of 169 square feet.

>> brian: here is thing. you a political guy. you should know this.s his wedge against democrats who won't touch entitlement. use it as a strategy. guys, it's not my fault. the republicans got a voice in this. this is part of the deal to use them to knock the entitl entitlement. >> dana: all right. when we come back. shepard smith is live in rome with more on the election of pope francis. stay with us. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new ss told him two ings -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find se good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> brian: shepard smith has been bringing us coverage all morning long. you doing, you are doing this also having

there are a lot of interns here that are awesome and do a great job. >>brianeople here, according to this study in this generation are not coming to the table with a lot of the same work ethic. for example, they don't pay attention to instruction. they want to do their own thing. they look at rules as guidelines. pout when they get in trouble. and don't understand when things don't go well. wait a second, i did everything right. have been told your attire is not professional more than once and are constantly late. according to the h.r. people, at least 52% of these young employees arrive at the office with a sense of entitlement. it's my job, i can do what i want. the problem is when it comes to dressing and behavior regarding texting and stuff like that, who do they look toward? do they look toward somebody who's been there for years? they look toward other kids who are their age. they see them texting all the time and figure it's okay. >>ainsley: this is good news for kids who are doing the right thing because they don't have much competition. >>brian: do yo

[ laughter ] >> brian, you're fired. >> alisyn: here is another question. id were hurdling towards earth? >> brian: are you trying to change the subject. >> alisyn: would the u.s. be able to stop it? nasa says not unless the u.s. is ready to pay up. ainsley earhart has more. >> they're basically telling you to get on your knees and start praying. these killer asteroids are usually only seen in the movies, right? but last month's russia's close call with a meteor got people a little worried. yesterday nasa officials told congress they have only detected about 10% of meteors like that one which could wipe out an entire city. and while funding to track space threats has grown, nasa needs to spend billions in the next few years to expand the program, they say. officials say right now, the country doesn't have a defense. >> if you detected even a small one like the one that detonated in russia, head for new york city in three weeks what, we would do? >> if it's coming in three weeks, pray. >> the bottom line is always, the funding did not come. >> pretty scary. n

>>brian: jimmy walker is here, one of our favorite all-time guests. he says the cast didn't get along at all. i don't know if i can watch a movie knowing in real life they don't get along in sitcom life. and they resent the word "dine-o-mite" >>steve: they didn't like he had one word catch phrase. a live look at the six-foot copper chimney where any moment smoke could rise from t chapel. the cardinals will hope as many as two votes this morning in an effort to select a new vote. then two more later today. lauren green joins us with the latest. >> yes, we are also looking at that chimney stack on the sistine chapel. we think we're probably past the window for the white smoke after the first vote, but we don't know because there is nobody giving a play-by-play of what's happening inside the sistine chapel. we will wait another hour and a half to wait to see if the smoke will be white or black. we know if it is inconclusive or if there is a new pope there will be smoke coming out white or black. there are people waiting to see the smoke coming out of the

>>brian: you know those signs on the wall that say no cell phones here. that's a guide. nobody follows that. >>gretchen: kind of like no smoking. brian, i thought you were going to pretend you were on the cell phone. >>brian: i'll do that next hour. make it extemporaneous. i'll bring that up. real quick, i know big gals where i work out who are not allowed to use cell phones, but people do. but it's so loud in there. also there is no smoking -- >>gretchen: spho*e -- no smoking while you're on the ellipticals. it says no steroids, but people do that. all right. let's get right to your headlines. queen elizabeth in the hospital this morning for the first time in a decade. she is being treated for the stomach flu at a private hospital in london. it's the same hospital where kate middleton was treated for morning sickness. the 86-year-old is expected to stay there for two days. she canceled her trip to rome as a result. she left the hospital in 2003 when she had knee surgery. in less that two hours police will be finished demolishing where a sink hole swallowed a man killing

>> brian: here is thing. you a political guy. you should know this.his wedge against democrats who won't touch entitlement. use it as a strategy. guys, it's not my fault. the republicans got a voice in this. this is part of the deal to use them to knock the entitl entitlement. >> dana: all right. when we come back. shepard smith is live in rome with more on the election of pope francis. stay with us. ♪ ♪ all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not

here. they waited patiently, all eyes on the chimney and on the tv monitors that have been set up by vatican tv. and you see the faithful and the curious who are chanting. and brian, i have to tell you, this is the second time i have witnessed a conclave. it's incredibly emotional to watch. watch the faces of people who were here. they got what they came for. soon they will learn the the name of the new leader of the roman catholic church, the new pope. >> one in four americans identify themselves as catholic. we keep saying over 1 billion people around the globe. we can safely report the chimney system in the sistine chapel appears to be working gang busters. it hasn't always. there have been times when it's been clogged filling that beautiful space with smoke to the point of needing to open the doors for ventilation. but it appears modern technology is working. we remarked over these past several days, say what you will about all that we use social media for and learn from it these days. ann thompson, this is a point you were making yesterday. it is quaint and it is tradition that the vatican still communicates their greatest news via smoke signals. >> reporter

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. >> reporter: just a sad story here, brian. it's been a battering season for winter storms in the east coast, anywhere from delaware to maine, flooding, coastal erosion, snow, they have all been calling cards. and this storm has been no exception. more than 20 inches of snow fell on parts of new england. in massachusetts, major coastal flooding as waves pounded the shoreline. this oceanfront home on plum island came off its foundation. fortunately, no one was inside at the time. several other homes nearby suffered significant damage. on long island, a slushy mix made for a messy morning commute. >> a little rough out there today. >> reporter: even rougher in connecticut where a tractor-trailer jack-knifed on i-95, closing the highway for several hours, leaving early-morning drivers stranded. >> i think it's a mess. that's what i think it is. >> reporter: in sea bright, new jersey, high tide brought floodwaters 2 feet deep in some places. no homes were flooded but it was a stark reminder of the beach erosion left by hurricane sa

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, we're tracking the storm and we'll let you know how much rain will pick up and how long this will last coming up in a few minutes. >> i never thought it would happen to my daughter, my baby. i never thought -- >> new at 6:00, a dog targeted. how a south bay got too personal. >> replacing a south bay leader who stepped down after an arrest and admitting to a gambling problem. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. he got paid to help put criminals behind bars but tonight a santa clara county forensic toxicologist sits in jail facing 18 counts of molesting a young girl. it has the d.a.'s office scrambling to assess its potential impact on key evidence and more than two dozen pending criminal cases. chief investigator tony koval kovaleski broke the case. >> reporter: 44-year-old steven joseph joyner was arrest ed mor than a month ago. his alleged crimes not

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. more tomorrow morning on "today." e to see you back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com now. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us on this wednesday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. catholics across the bay area are cheering the election of the new pope tonight, pope francis i. most are learning about the historic latin american jesuit but catholics have a unique resource. someone knows the pontiff personally. kris sanchez joins us live with more on the pope's local connection and how people here are reacting to him. >> reporter: hi, there, jessica. one of the priests here at santa clara university says he recognized the name right away because they spent time together in argentina and considered him a personal friend. he said he was shocked when he heard his friend's name on tv. they spent a few weekz together in the late 80s. a quiet name known for deep prayer, his kindness and commitment to the poor. >> he moved out

they have to ask him questions. >> gretchen: there is the milky way. >> brian: here is the other thingth him. >> steve: yeah. >> brian: at least a little side of bipartisanship on something besides dinner. >> gretchen: don't hold your breath. >> steve: i think in all, two democrats actually stood and asked him questions and we'll have a report live from washington on that in a minute. first, off to north korea. >> gretchen: your headlines. north korea threatening the united states hours before the u.n. will vote on a new round of sanctions. they vowed to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on america. the u.n. security council is set to impose a fourth round of sanctions over their latest nuclear tests. it's not believed they have the capability yet to reach the united states. the threat probably not going to help dennis rodman's efforts to score a peace deal with kim jong-un and president obama. >>> horror at an exotic cat sanctuary in california after an intern was mauled to death by a 350-pound african lion. 24-year-old diana hanson was inside the enclosure alone when the lion attack

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. e to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. >>> i'm jessica aguirre, new at 6:00. a south bay community in mourning after the tragic death of a student, he made a fatal mistake that cost him his life when he took a short cut on caltrans train tracks. george, lots of people say he was just a rising star. >> reporter: yes, you know, this is a very sad event for the family and friends. and classmates at lincoln high where he went to school. the vigil is about to begin here in san jose. he was a 16-year-old guitar player, a songwriter, a junior at lincoln high school. what you are about to watch is the youtube tribute video, where his family and friends and classmates are still struggling with his death. he died tuesday afternoon after the train hit him on the trackings. police are investigating why he was on the tracks. they are ruling his death an accident, he was on the rise, the fork folks who organized this vigil, the social a

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, was it an inside job? new details about a crime committed at a bay area base. investigators are investigating one of their own. >> reporter: police are trying to solve the murder of a young man whose family and friends are in shock and disbelief. >> reporter: i'm scott budman, a city known for its technology companies using a new piece of technology to help it get more social. how that can help residents coming up. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. we begin with the missing ammunition from mountain view. tonight a veteran member of the california air national guard is facing some serious charges. we have exclusive information from our chief investigator tony kovaleski. tony, what do we know at this poi point? >> reporter: i just got off the phone with the colonel in charge. he says the california national guard confirming tonight when th

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian . pe to see you right back here tomo >>> right now at 6:00, a bizarre mystery leaves a girl in the hospital. the errant arrow that has police baffled. >>> the college students working hard to prepare for their finals as their administrators prepare to bring back many of the classes that have been cut. coming up, a long-term study on the impacts of budget cuts on our community colleges. >>> and then an emotional toil. local workers clocking out for good and ushering in a new technological era. >>> good tuesday evening, i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we begin with history in the making. several cities across the bay area raised rainbow flags as the supreme court for the first time ever heard arguments in the same-sex marriage debate. >> outside the nation's highest court in washington, d.c., thousands of supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage clashed in dueling demonstrations. inside the justices heard just over an hour of arguments for and against california's voter-

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow night. good evening. >>> she was a breath of fresh air. in the lives of so many. >> he taught me more things than i can count, and i know that i'm not the only one here who can say that. ♪ >> an audience of thousands came out to say a final good-bye to the two officers who served and died in the line of duty. a stunning blow to a department that had not lost one officer in its 150-year history. >> good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. we want to begin was breaking fuss in san jose. police are investigating a homicide at a senior center, but there's a twist here. this man has been missing for a few weeks till now. the man was found stabbed to death at the hilton manor senior apartments on ironwood drive near the church on the hill near highway 87. george kitayama is on scene. what are investigators is telling you at this hour? >> reporter: the man's name is stanley jacobson. he was reported missing back in mid-february. here's a picture. apparentl

brian: all right. meanwhile, straight ahead, the dugger family getting even bigger. they're herewing and expanding. >> gretchen: then that's our green room right now, full of one big family. >> brian: cheryl casone left. >> steve: going to try to find them all jobs. >> gretchen: i only heard laughing. are you one of the millions of americans looking for a job? don't change the channel. cheryl casone here with the top five companies hiring right now. yeah. immediately. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. that work the way you wish they would. like a front-end loader you can detach from your seat? or a mower deck you just drive over and cut through knee-deep grass no

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it just made it tough knowing that -- when i see her again. >> police are looking for this man, 25-year-old juan ramirez, her family says she dated him for a few months before breaking it off. for the last few years, her family says that sandy told her family he was stalking her. >> i go to work, he is there, i go home, she is there, my phone is blowing up all the time. >> sandy had just returned from court last friday, renewing her restraining order against ramirez, police say that is when he attacked her for the last time. >> she feared for her life so much she went to kick boxing and was asking my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to help her buy a gun. >> the family now questions the power of restraining orders. >> it don't work, it is just a piece of paper, you are not going to throw a piece of paper at a guy who comes at you with

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thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. . >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us on this tuesday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. after a dry winter there is a chance we are headed towards a drought. that is why rain is a big deal tonight. the rain is starting to move in. jeff ranieri is in the nbc bay area weather center where he has been tracking the storm. >> we will see the roadways slicken up. for such a dry start in 2013 it will make it dangerous for commuters especially on the coast. you can see we are starting to see intensity over the past 30 to 40 minutes. there is some areas of orange and also red. i think the radar is overdoing it a little bit with some of the subtropical moisture. do expect moderate rainfall and a few pockets of heavier rainfall. it is moving to the north and east. starting to get a few returns at the coast line of trace amounts to about .03 inch. it is wrapping up to the mid pen

here's brian williams. >> good day from new york and the middle east in just a moment. as you may know president obama has started his first trip to israel as president. in jerusalem, the president and benjamin netanyahu are going to come before cameras and reporters. we expect joint statements. one first from netanyahu of israel and then president obama and then very limited questioning from the assembled press core there. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is covering this. effective with netanyahu saying at the airports thank you for standing with israel. the business of this trip may have been accomplished meaning getting there was part of the issue. >> reporter: it certainly was. the president received a lot of criticism for waiting until his second term to come to israel. so much has changed since the president's first visit to the middle east when he went to cairo, addressed the arab world and talked about the need for democratic change. now in his second term he's coming to israel. it is surrounded by hostile nations and surrounded by chaos. a country

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. back on the air later tonight for an all-new "rock center." 10:00, 9:00 central. then, of course, we'll >>> good friday evening, everyone. i'm janelle wang in for raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. so many mourners they had to move for those santa cruz officers brutally shot and killed tuesday has been moved. hp pavilion in san jose will host the service next thursday on march 7th. the details of the service is still pending, but the investigation is moving forward with police now looking for this woman, it teresa johnson. they say the 28-year-old suspected prostitute isn't involved in the murders in any way but they do want to talk to her to get information on the deceased suspect jeremy goulet. investigators say johnson may have been acquainted with him. now we turn to marianne favro who joins us live in santa cruz where police are still working this investigation, marianne. >> reporter: jessica, during the past two hours we have seen a steady stream of police officers and sher

>>brian: here's the biggest question, adam.u work at a sandals, and you have 14 of them, 3 beaches twaorbgs -- beaches, two grand pineapple resorts. where do you go on vacation? >> every day we're on vacation. running around the caribbean. our lives are not here running around new york. >>brian: butch and adam stewart, thanks so much. you came in new york for a meeting and you got up early for us. mean wheel, straight ahead -- meanwhile, no honor for you, a school cancels its honor roll ceremony because it hurts the other kids' feelings. >>> energy drinks are changing their labels. they're taking off the warning. they might be deadly, though. on a different note, happy on a different note, happy birthday to eddie money. [ male announcer ] it's relobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster erees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilledobster and lobster tacos. come in now and sea food differently. visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon on two lobsterfest entrees. twenty-five thousand mornings, give or

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. now. >>> good evening and thanks for joining us. i janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. he was locked in jail for 14 years and forced to register as a sex offender. tonight he is speaking freely about his time behind bars. what he has to say is surprising to many people. kris sanchez joins us at the offices of the innocence project which was instrumental at getting this man out of jail. >> reporter: williajohnny willis 23 years old when he was accused of a haning crime against a child. he went to prison for 14 years before he was freed. you might assume that makes for a bitter and angry man he says he is anything but. are you happy? that is the question we asked 37-year-old johnny williams more than once because we could not believe his answer. >> i'm happy. i'm truly happy. >> reporter: he was a convicted sexual predator found guilty of sexual assaulting a 9-year-old girl. he is a man vindi

so, here's brian: -- brenda and alicia on behalf of nectar therapeutics. clap lap (applause) clap >> and the third place winner is jennifer taylor. the company had 13% participation. jennifer? is jennifer here? (applause) >> and for the highest level of employee participation in a small company where 100% of their employees participated, we have bars and tone creative agency and accepting the trophy is eric stekel. eric, thank you so much. congratulations. (applause) >> and we also have langley investment properties and accepting the proof i is blake peterson. is blake here? thank you, blake. (applause) >> and for the most clean commute days participant, blixtar. katrina james accepting the trophy. thank you so much. (applause) >> and for the highest overall co2 savings, nektar saved 300 pounds of co2 by not driving alone. accepting the trophy are brenda chu and alicia collins. (applause) >> thank you so much, guys. and on behalf of the board of supervisors, i want to congratulate every individual and organization that participated in improving the environm

brian shactman's here with a look at this year's baseball by the numbers. shakt?ut skyrockets salaries. but this year there's all these statistical anomalies about a salaries. the houston astro's cost cutting is projected to be about $25 million. now, there are obviously some players in baseball that make more than -- >> their total payroll? >> yes. >> but here's the key. so you already have a-rod and santana of the mets making more than that, cliff lee, the same, but if you look at the money they're paying just the players on the field, they're playing rodriguez $29 million, he's on the pittsburgh pirates, it's actually $20 million or more, there's two dozen players who make more than the entire team. that is just unbelievable. the second thing i want to point out, the new york yankees. i know there's a lot of yankees fans. if you take all the players that are hurt on the yankees and total up their salaries, a-rod, $29 million, mark teixeira, $22.5 million, derek jeter, $17 million, curtis granderson, $15 million, that would be $90 million. >> and houston probabl

brian hackney is here with what we can expect for easter sunday. >> juliette more of same as we have a look at the hi-def doppler. some heavy cells moving in along the peninsula coastline and that will spread over the rest of the payer tonight. a -- bay area tonight. a little bit of a break but right now the line of showers and thundershowers a lot of bolts over mount diablo this evening. in the north bay widely scattered mostly light rain. but over montero right now and out in the east bay the first line of showers is now moving out of the bay area. but the peninsula coastline and you can see there's some heavy cells down there. on again and off again rain activity in the bay area tonight. a little break easter morning but don't be lulled into a false sense of security. more on the way. we'll have the forecast and i'm afraid juliette it is going to be wet. we'll have the forecast for you a few minutes from now. >>> we have some breaking news now out of oakland. we're learning a sheriff's deputy and a suspect have been shot at fruitvale avenue and san leandro street just a couple of

send your letters to brian williams, nbc. [ laughter ] >> here is something interesting.ome of those who was gone unnoticed except in the last 10-15 years there are sensors to monitor nuclear blasts and the nuclear blast has the same sonic signature in the atmosphere as a meteor strike so now we can find them in unpopulated areas. >> jon: i noticed in the russian one they have dashboard came ranch i want one. it's great for alien abductions, you know? right? >> jon: it's not to say what the field pays but i would think you could afford a dashboard camera. you are a man of science or go to radio shack and build one. >> it's data. >> jon: do you have a drone? >> i'm not authorized to -- [laughter] >> jon: what was that? [laughter] was that a glance of people at the snrab. >> i may occasionally drone myself but i do not only a drone. >> jon: so no drone. do you not have a drone. what is the biggest -- what do you think will be the biggest threat to man's existence on this planet? do you believe it will be one of those asteroid events or is there something else you've been co

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. the racecar crash where the young driver slammed into his own cousin. >>> south bay parents finding how much the children may suffer as the district tries to deal with the huge budget short fall. >> it is a slam dunk for san jose. what the ncaa tournament means for the economy of the south bay. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. it is a sport that brought families together for generations but tonight that sport has left the family and two bay area communities in mourning. a well known north bay racer ran off the track this weekend hitting and killing two people. it happened on saturday. the petaluma boy, the victims his 14-year-old cousin and the 68-year-old owner of the racecar. she spoke with members of the family just trying to come to grips with this tragedy. >> reporter: i had a chance to talk to the boy's grandfather to

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. an east san jose woman's 11-month-old daughter sitting in the back of the family's suv as it warmed up in the driveway. in a moment, both were gone, sparking an amber alert and a statewide search. after hours of searching, the ordeal ended, at least for mother and baby. trujillo tracked the search and they're still looking for a suspect, damien. >> that's right. as of now, the family has not returned to their home on amargar court. the baby is safe, and meanwhile, the hunt is on for the baby's kidnapper. the mother walked into the er with detectives just before noon. >> we're just happy we're able to reunite gabriella with her mother. >> reporter: it started at the family home on amargor court. someone got into the car the family was warming up and took off, baby strapped in a car seat. at one point police closed off highway 101 north of trimbull road looking for evidence. it wasn't until maintenance worker julio remember

thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> selling prescriptions at gunpoint, a family-owned pharmacy in fremont has become the latest victim of what appears to be a growing trend, armed gunmen on the hunt for prescription painkillers. watch as the two-hooded gunmen storm the store, looking for oxycodone. it is the second time the pharmacy has been targeted for the drug in the last three months. more on the growing and dangerous trend. >> reporter: for 55 years, the folks here at the pharmacy have been filling prescriptions for their loyal customers. but in all that time, they have never experienced something like that. hostile armed robberies by gunmen after meds, not money. >> it is so scary, you know, people coming in with the gun -- you know, in your face, you know, or as a pharmacist, all we're trying to do is serve the public. >> reporter: take a look at the armed men who c