the nfl and directtv extending their exclusive sunday pickett package. reports say the deal is for eight more years at $1.5 billion per season. back to you. >> thank you so much, courtney. >> right now on your thursday morning, we are so close to friday and the weekend. some nice maybe warm weather coming up for you. let's check in with christina. how are things looking so far? >> looking good so far. good morning to you everybody. this morning temperatures are pretty comfortable. if you have outdoor plans to take care of, walking the dog, taking out the trash, just getting the mail, it's going to be a lot more comfortable for you. we do have strong heat everywhere. no exception to that rule. we told you the heat high land effect was going to take shape. that's the reason you're so warm out there. let's talk about why the entire bay area is going to bend the influence of this incredibly strong ridge of high pressure. you can see out in the pacific ocean, those clouds arcing up and around that big ridge of hire. that rotation pushes our wind back offshore

. >>> and directtv reaching a multi-year contract with the nfl, being able to continue to sell its sunday ticket packages of nfl gamings and the agreement expanded its rights to stream games on live mobile phones and over the internet. shares spiked initially after hours. during the regular trading day the stock was up a little to 86.59. >>> and why is cyber security so important today? just how difficult is it to recruit employees, especially when you compete against the likes of google and facebook for some of the same individuals, pretty much. eamon javers has more. >> facing stiff competition from top-paying silicon valley firms the nation's spying agency is looking to recruit college hackers. and through one program, garnering students as young as in the eighth grade. steven fountainebleu is recruiting them for middle school and high school students. he sat down and told me the nsa works hard to lure top talent. >> clearly we lose a lot of incredibly talented people to google and facebook and microsoft and all the other places but we also get a lot of very, very smart people as well.