affect on facebook. >> go to facebook and look for the facebook affect. >> and stay with us. we'll talk about a great series coming up for women. don't go away. >>> welcome back. are women evolving faster than the world they live in or are we barely keeping pace with demanding rolls? >> a series examines how the world accommodates, welcomes or impedes women. former first lady rose lynn carter, the month long series will look at break throughses made and challenges remaining. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. >> why women? this is -- i like it, but i don't know, does it pigeon hole it and are men welcomed? >> absolutely men are well comed but why women? because out of the the corner of my eyes i see women appearing more and mere where we never used to see them before in unusual ways. >> such as? >> today's paper. this sack ca >> way is the second woman and first nonwhite ever named to be the chief justice of california. now, the fact she is the second. we have had lots of the firsts but now we're becoming a reality. the study by the status of women department in san fran

we find out where facebook stands on your privacy. charging fees. and the continuing drama over just who is entitled to a piece of the empire. it's an abc news exclusive. >>> and, the video guy. he's done it again with his out of context video clip that got shirley sherrod fired. but how does andrew breitbart manage to cause political chaos wherever he goes? wherever he goes? we went to find out. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," july 21st, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with business, and rather, remarkable news at facebook, which announced today that it had signed up its 500 millionth user. not bad for a website that didn't exist until six years ago. the story of its creation by founder mark zuckerberg has become almost mythological. soon a movie will bring that story to life. butch as the movie makers say, you don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. so, who is mark zuckerberg? diane sawyer we

>>> and, an exclusive interview with the founder of facebook. mark zuckerberg, the force behind a revolution. 500 million users this week. >>> good evening tonight from >>> go >>> good evening tonight from california. 39 miles outside san francisco in silicone valley. the campus of stanford university, where so much of america's high tech era got its start. and astride it all tonight, facebook. now 500 million users. something historic. you're going to meet the illusive mark zuckerberg, the 26-year-old founder, in just a moment. but first, we do want to turn to that serious new threat in the gulf tonight. the storm taking shape, gathering strength. a system halting work in the gulf again. and matt gutman is in louisiana for us once more. matt? >> reporter: diane, that's right. that storm could hit as early as this weekend and we're now learning that a key component of the entire operation out there at the spill site is on hold until they know better where this storm is headed. now, of even greater concern, talk now of opening up that cap that ha

there are instructions on how to do that on facebook's help center page. >>> the noise from the facebook shuttles in palo alto will jolt neighbors awake this morning. many neighbors who live right across the street from the social networking giant on california avenue say they have no peace and quiet. facebook started the shuttle service to cut down on a number of employees who crowd the neighborhood streets with their cars. but neighbors say the buses are running nonstop every five minutes from 6:00 in the morning until midnight. >> it's the screeching. you just heard it. i mean, it's a screeching, very high-pitched braking, and then hydraulics that a bus would make. >> facebook shuttle employees from as far away from san francisco and two caltrain stations use that to get to the headquarters. neighbors say the company is working with them trying to cut down on that noise. >>> it is now 4:50, time to look at the forecast. rob? >> the forecast, not too bad out there this morning. again, we have some low clouds in some cases a little bit of mist around san francisco, not so much san jose,

are they on facebook, too? this was supposed to be a social networking king and it has gone beyond that. i am sure you have felt a need to respond because it is being used this way by many people. what are you doing? >> there are a couple of answers to that. we are cognizant of the tool with 400 million users. based on geography or your intent, it may depend on how usage is. all discussions aside of our previous privacy discussions, we are really the only site that gives you things like drop down box to decide who can say what you post. encouraging people to use the public and private bills and understand them for messages they post and receive is important. twitter got a lot of attention in iran for some of the public things that happened that were able to be watched by people in the united states. much less attention was spent on private messages being sent on facebook because the privacy may be more secure than a public dialogue when you know people would not share your interests are there. our terms are ser

. >> not a fan of facebook. some bay area residents tonight accusing the social media giant of snuffing a very friendly neighbor. >>> and your afterlife online. the new memorial for the information age. a bay area families are taking tech into the great beyond. >>> he's done what we all wish we could do. how one man says he can get atms to spit out all that cash, no card necessary. >>> and then turning pages and turning heads at the same time. it's the next generation of e-reader that's giving the ipad a run for its money. we'll take a look at amazon's new kindle. >>> good evening. we may be below average, but it sure has been pretty sweet outside. wead 75 in san jose and 64 in san francisco. we'll let you know when we'll turn up the heat in just a bit coming up in our seven-day forecast. >>> another enticing get to get you into the world of digital books tonight. a new e-reader made its debut. our scott budman has the first look at the latest kindle. >> reporter: as if the early kindles and ipads weren't enough

>> no way. >> are you on facebook? >> maybe, maybe not. >> i'm on facebook.talk about facebook and people who are still gradually getting to that point in their life, they have to decide -- simproo you'll get there, harry. >> -- decide on what is the shortfalls and the future for this social networking site. >>> also, hoed has a hot new look, maxi dress. the only problem is you mayan feel it's right for your body type. our style guru is here. four basic rule to max pies your maxi. she has one for everyone, no matter how big, how tiny you are. >> i love them. they're comfortable. >>> katie lee will take us on another spice-filled adventure. she's going to bring the food of morocco here for another staycation meal. >> dave with a final look at the wednesday weather. davey! >> you know, you get these teachers out of the classroom, all hell breaks loose. it really does. >> it's getting nutty. >> nice to see you. they have mardi gras beads. you came from pittsburgh? >> arkansas. my children are in pittsburgh. >> you have a 14-year-old daughter celebrating a birthd

facebook movie or bristol pale and getting engaged her baby thirty and fox news has a story that they just can't let go up and i have a thing or two to say about it they tend to find out. say let's call it the c canary due to its high pitched twitter. this morning and none of this highly communicative. what's he trying to say and how can we do come to mind which. just. secrets of. the. subject every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join a small technology update on our g. well as day eighty eight of the b.p. oil spill or should i say day one of the capping of the oil spill yesterday afternoon b.p. made a statement that has kept the runaway well and updated video from the underwater camera of the leak shows no crude coming out and president obama made a statement of the public about their progress on it as well. working to determine is whether we can safely shut in the well using the new cap without creating new problems including possibly countl

future. >> my daughter found her on facebook for me.r: it's where old flames are kindled, medical advice is swapped -- >> facebook saved my life. >> reporter: and the american teen lives and breathes. >> in a world without facebook, i think i would die. >> reporter: this is why the company has exploded. over the past 15 months facebook has added around eight new users every second. each of those people has around 130 friends and will share 70 different bits of life with them each month. pictures, passions, causes, home movies. so much that facebook is now a virtual sea of information that rivals google in scope. but the growing pains have been sharp. young founder mark zuckerberg has struggled to balance the privacy concerns of his users with the need to turn all of their information into money. >> so you get on facebook and you hope you have enough friends who are interested in you to have a conversation. but there's this whole other group who's really interested in you. and those are businesses who want to sell you something. they wan

what i would say and this is no offense to facebook. i think facebook is in a difficult situation. having an incredibly valuable tool that everyone wants, they can'tsoever every problem in the world. the priversi challenge is difficult. -- privacy challenge is difficult. there are a lot of people using facebook to convene groups that might not necessarily be working on a cause for understanding. >> i agree but not on a one-on-one ratio. >> terrorists also use technology. the technology is merely a tool. we need to create a lot more energy and investment and research and figure out how can we use technology tools in order to build those brings. the last thing i will say is i don't know how many of you heard the mcdonald's analogy like no two countries with a mcdonald's will ever go to war against each other. ink that was true until -- he created a new one. his newest one was no two countries that build a product that is integrated into a dell laptop will ever fight a war against each other because their commercial interests are too strong. they don't want to disrupt those things. i

. >> become a fan on facebook. you'll findous facebook at >>> welcome back to wall street where street meat is going knorr may in cities across the country. new food businesses are bringing diverse cuisine like barbecue, waffles and whoopie pies to meals on wheels. we are here with the street sweets new york trunk and owners grant duhamel and samira buf on. also with us is barbara fairchild, editor in chieof "bon appetit." thank you all for being here. this is so gate. barbara, let me kick this up with you. tell us how these trucks work. these food trucks. are they run by chefs and trained restauranteurs? >> it's been a way for a younger chef who may want be employed in restaurants yet to start their own businesses if they want to and it's been a way for established chefs or change o career people to find new ways to take their message to the public. >> which is exactly what you guys did, right? >> you left the corporate world and started a mobile bakery with $150,000 oyour own money. food trucks are a hot story. h

facebook -- facebook announced last week that they now have more than 500 million users. 500 millionple. which may help explain why unemployment is almost at 10% in this country. 500 million people means if facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world. and the least productive country in the world. you know, facebook is a place where you go to find out what all your friends are doing and usually it turns out they're checking facebook to see what you are doing. it's the circle of life. i don't have a facebook account. i think it's interesting to find out who does. i sent my cousin sal out on to hollywood boulevard today. try to guess whether or not each of these people has a facebook account. >> what's your name? >> randy collins. >> where are you from? >> shreveport, louisiana. >> what do you do for a living? >> i'm a registered nurse, doing psychiatric home care. [ laughs ] >> sorry. are you on face book? >> jimmy: is he on facebook? >> yes. [ applause ] >> told you. >> i here with travis. he's a senior at penn state. he's studying elementary education

, age 10 and 11 are on facebook. my concern that theunderage use don't know how to respond. >> half a million is a nice number. >> an achievement that stands to make him more than half a billion. >> the fastest growing art form in britain is dance. it's a trend being lead by street dance, with a mix of hip-hop and with a world premier in london. and now reports whether it's high art. >> this is more about footwork. >> these are just some of the move that is make up street dance. the hip-hop based innercity art form that is part of the mainstream. this is opening of boy blue, the success won't stop them from keeping their feet firmly on the ground. >> i am community based, and coming here, i am not different. i am doing the same stuff, just in a bigger place. for me it's not about, i mean taking it and bringing that organic raw material that we were doing in the community, i am bringing it here. >> audiences in general has increased, it's the country's faster growing art form. one that street dance has benefited from.

the neighborhood says that it would be one thing if facebook was sort of an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. company but being a worldwide internet company, there are people here coming and going and shuttle buses running at all hours of the day from 6 a.m. to midnight. >> well, but i'm sure the other side is a lot of cars would be running at that time, too, if the bus didn't run. >> reporter: the parking lots don't have enough space for the cars and the neighborhood at least has parking permits. so they can't park in the neighborhoods' streets hence the shuttle bus system. but, you know, it's just not working out for the neighborhood. >> no win. len ramirez, thank you. >>> several people were thrown out of their seats, some of them actually had the the ceiling. tonight passengers are describing terrifying moments aboard their cross-country flight. the united airlines flight was headed from washington, d.c. to los angeles last night when it hit extreme turbulence over kansas. passengers say that that plane actually dropped about 30 feet. >> going to be turbulence up ahead and to make sure ou

she shut down her facebook and yahoo! accounts within four hours of the breach, saving her friends from sending money overseas. >> i felt completely violated. i felt like i put my friends, my contacts at jeopardy. i feel responsible that they could have lost a ton of money. >> reporter: no one did this time, but every day several times a day, someone gets conned by a scam like this. >> i think all of us will eventually become a victim. >> reporter: salomon thinks she downloaded a worm or monitoring virus on the internet. >> i think i downloaded a worm and someone monitored my keystrokes for a week. >> that's how the hacker likely got her password which is why authorities say you need to change your password regularly. use antivirus software and never give out your personal information. >>> tonight, video of that close encounter between a whale and a couple vacationing on the high seas. you're looking at amateur video shot of that whale that jumped onto a yacht off the coast of south africa this week. the couple on board,

but it faded, leaving facebook as the undisputed leader. as it continued to grow, so did concerns over two issues. >> this parent wishes to remain anonymous as he fears repercussions for his daughter. >> how many million are underage? in my daughter's class, 58% are age 10 to 11 on facebook. these underage users do not necessarily know how to handle things when they go wrong. an achievement that stands to make him more than half of a billion dollars. >> time for a quick reminder of our top story, it deaths linked to asbestos particularly in the developing world. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. wh

only facebook is more addictive.the average facebook user spends more than five hours a week on it, which is -- kind of like having a part time job that pains you in pictures of your neighbor's sisters babies. five hours a week is a lot. i'm surprised by that, because every time i ask anyone that works here about it, they tell me they're barely ever on it. just check in, right? five hours a week works out to almost two years of your life, but it's well worth it to find out a girl you vaguely remember from chemistry class in the tenth grade is now divorced and selling real estate. uncle frank, do you know about facebook? >> no. i don't know anything about it. >> jimmy: do you know where you can get a facebook? >> no. in the library. >> jimmy: yeah, but no -- yeah, can you get it in the library. have you ever touched a facebook? >> never. >> jimmy: never. do you have any guess as to what it might be? >> you get information from it. that i know. that i know. >> jimmy: but where does it come from? >> it comes from the ot

i've posted something to facebook about how to do that.o if you don't have the ipad but you still want to be part of the cool thing, do that. and we appreciate all the people commenting on our facebook page as well as we add more links to it. >> get lots of good comments. >> we do. >>> a new field poll has some surprising answers about who is pro-choice in california. it shows that most republicans, moderate conservatives, and people who plan to vote for republican candidates this november, a group that's usually thought of as pro-life, actually support a woman's right to choose. for instance, 55% of voters who plan to vote for carly fiorina say they are pro-choice even though fiorina is pro-life. overall, 71% of state voters say they are pro-choice. >>> another new poll out this morning finds that most b.a.r.t. riders do not support temporary fare rollbacks. roughly 20% support the cutbacks. others say they would prefer more service hours, cleaner cars instead. b.a.r.t. will start the fiscal year with $4.5 million budget surplus. how ofte

hackers have been infiltrating facebook accounts. it happen to a bay area teenager who tried just about everything to stop it. >>> reporter: 17-year-old aquarium karena loves facebook. >> i finished high school so i wanted to have one so i can connect with all my friends and don't lose touch. >> reporter: but for nearly two years, levine said she hasn't been able to connect with her friends. instead, someone else has, a hacker. >> someone i don't know who it is has come on to my account and they have changed my email and password and i lose access to my account. they go online and chat with my friends, chat with random people that i don't even know. they add people. >> reporter: so levine has deleted her account with the help of facebook and started a new one. but she is now on her fifth account and says the hacker problem still persists. >> just gets frustrating. >> reporter: if you keep setting up new accounts and they keep getting compromised, whatever is happening is sitting on your computer and seeing every change you make. so t

involving the ownership of facebook. a lawyer for the company says it's not clear whether co- founder mark zuckerberg signed a >>> there is confusion over claims with the owners of facebook. it's not clear whether the owner signed a contract that entitles a new york man to the majority of facebook. paul significant signed the contract last night saying he got 84% of the company. his lawyer showed a cop of the alleged document today to the judge in new york. facebook says it hasn't seen a contract. >>> although facebook users love to click that little like button a lot of people dislike t for the first time the american customer service index included social networking sites. facebook scored a 64 out of 100 a point ahead of myspace t points them in the bottom 5% of all companies included in the study. >>> users aren't the only people not happy with facebook. len ramirez shows us why some neighbors in the south bay dislike their efforts to get its employees to carpool. >> reporter: you'll see them circling palo alto's coll

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. >>> a new facebook app that let's users lighten up their appearance. why some say it crosses the line. the news starts now. with this shoot out on 580. a wild 48 hours in the city of oakland starting about midnight on sunday with this shootout on interstate 580. 11:15 sunday night police say they were almost hit by gun fire at 8th street. 15 minutes later, a man in town shot and killed in downtown oakland. then this morning, a gunman opens fire in front of an officer critically wounding another person. good evening tonight police admit their response to at least one of those crimes is different than it would have been before they lost 80 officers to layoffs. that happened less than a week ago. let's see how have change sinced. >> reporter: many of them say it's exactly what they thought would happen when you lay off 80 officers. home or war zone, the sign on the police officer's association headquarters. >> the police aren't here, they can get away with it. >> it's not going to get any better. it's going to get worse. >> we need to bring some more in.

just absolutely beautiful. >>> hey, milestone for facebook.hey have signed up their half a billionth memory. >> they sign up a number member every second. >> 500 million people have signed up. >> eight every second. >> they also say that users average, what, 130 friends each. >> do you have 130 friends? >> i don't know. >> you don't have any friends. >> no. >> okay. anyway, brings to us our question of the day. who is the most interesting person you have reconnected with on facebook? >> kevin writes, on facebook, some of them for me. i have 195 people on my list. well, aren't you special, kevin. [ laughter ] >> you are special, kevin. i think that's great. but what he says is most of them are from junior high or high school. you know, you lose track and it's nice to reconnect. >> and then nona e-mails from her ipad -- aren't you special, nona! [ laughter ] >> my boyfriend of one week when i was 15 years old she remembers she says, i hadn't heard from him in 28 years. my heart was aflutter. he is a hunk. >> still a hunk? >> i guess so. >> you r

. >>> we have more tonight on the power of facebook. power of facebook.'s interview with ith zuckerberg, the 26-year-old 26-ynd this global phenomenon, ph many of you have told us how social networks have changed hangedersonal lives. they're having a huge impact on our public life, too. how's bill weir on how the orkingion in social networking is revolutionizing politics. >> reporter: the year was 2000 orter: the year wacain who first tired a radical experiment, a tired a radi website to accept political donations. nternet social, internet social y changed completely changed the political sphere. >> who is barack obama? the answer is right there on my facebook page. >> reporter: 76% of congress f congress media and well over ialf have facebook pages. ut while politicians try to harness the power of a few ile politicians friends, it is the citizen who has the most to gain in this brave, new world. >> nine out of ten videos rave, new world.he 2008 presidential campaign that >> nine ou campaign thata and mccain were e oduced by citizens trying to influence e

the interview came as facebook reached a remarkable file stone, 500 million users. >> 500 million.you are the third largest country in the world. what did you do to celebrate? did you do a yes! >> the main thing we did to celebrate is ef employee at facebook took a photo of themselves with a sign they said thanks to those who use the service. it is the people who make the service. >> it is your dream to be the founding father just as you are the founding father of what? globally. fill in the blank. >> you know, the way we think about what we are doing is just that there is this incredible movement on the internet of people being empowered to share what they want and stay connected with people. we were not the first to do this. >> just the conversation. you are not designing the end result. >> no, people make that up for themselves. that's the power of democracy in these systems. when you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. we are giving people the power. >> famously, zuckerberg's college campus networking site grew so fast

. >>> and facebook fraud. even if you don't use facebook, you could be a victim. stick around for that story. >>> top military leaders are under fire for allegedly buying and down loading child porn. a federal investigation has been going on for years and the pentagon released 00 pages of report reports the report includes more than a dozen californians. it is impossible to know the scope of that investigation since nearly all names in the report were blacked out. some have been prosecuted while others are in limbo and some cases have been dropped. >>> a pilot is recovering after ejecting just moments before it crashed and is burst into flames. this is a practice run for an air show. witnesses saw the fighter jet going back and forth before diving to the ground. in one on the ground was hurt. a mere kl that that pilot made it out. >>> this morning we are hearing from some of the drivers that called 911 after the deadly greyhound crash. >> you really can't see it. everybody behind me swerved at the last minute. >> we have offers en rout. >> the bus crashed around 2

also, facebook. you want to understand what young iranians think about life with ahmadinejad and the nuclear case? you go to facebook. if they trust you, you become friends with these people and you can follow the discussions that are having. it is very interesting. you see reformist politicians, people in prison and released. they use facebook, not a quitter. -- not twitter. facebook has the potential. these people are going to use it increasingly. about two months ago the deputy israeli minister was jailed and released. on the facebook page he asked for people to send questions about the election and he said he would answer those questions. the last time i checked there were about 200 interesting questions about the election and what happened to him in jail and the future of iran. he did not answer. he had come under pressure by the government, it is how the government uses this new media. he did not answer. what i am saying is that this could be a way for people with no oter platform to communicat

>> a facebook app allows you to lighten your skin tone slightly in photos. do shows us, some people say that is racist. . >> reporter: on the internet good taste and effective marketing are only skin deep. you're looking at a new facebook app that allows you to upload the picture and suddenly lighten your skin with a few touches. >> reporter: it is vaseline's latest ad using a bollywood spoke model he promotes the skin creams aimed at male customers in india. >> any time you miss with skin, you're gonna of a problem. >> lightening tones are to the west what mosquito baumgartner is to the west. >> as long as we'll reach in our wallet and put out the money there's going to be someone there willing to fill that need with a product. we have the technology to do it why not. >> san jose state professor says when it uses reality to warp reality, just because you can doesn't mean you will. >> racism is still a pretty touch subject. what is your motivation. >> skin light engineer products are relatively relevant in india. was created for the indian market as an engag

. >> facebook just crossed a major milestone, boasting 500 million users worldwide.e sawyer sat down with founder, mark zuckerberg, to get a look at what life is like for him and his employees. >> reporter: inside a simple building, in a suburban neighborhood, a maze of desks in a modest, open office. people who work here can come in at their own schedule. they can eat all their meals here. play an occasional guitar hero. all because the 26-year-old founder, wants to distractions from creativity. we know that at one point you lived in a room. had a mattress and little else. >> yeah. >> reporter: how about now? >> it's pretty simple. it's a pretty small house. but the most important thing to me is to be within walking distance of the office. >> reporter: and your girlfriend's in medical school? >> yeah. these a third year in medical school. >> reporter: so, this whole idea of lonely guy starting facebook because he didn't have a girlfriend. got broken up with. that's part of the creation myth. >> i think people have a lot of fiction. when i dropped out of college to s

. >> an app on facebook to let you change the way you look.he specific group being targeted, why some call that racist. ,, ,,,, "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? and it's even harder to find one in catering and food service, >>> in today's economy it's hard to find growing businesses. it's harder in the catering and food service business. a lot of those companies have gone under. but ann notarangelo shows us one caterer that serves very special clientele. >> more mixing! >> smells good, too. >> it smells good, too! >> reporter: summer camp in the kitchen is a hands-on experience. chef travis jones is showing these youngsters how to make mongolian beef. during the school year, the

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facebook and social networking is such a big deal a new movie is set to come out on the big screen. we were told a about this but we're getting the glimpse of the first full trailer now. >> if we we want to go on internet and check out their friends, go to too website that offers the friends pictures and profiles and talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online. they've got 2200 within two hours? >> thousand. >> 22,000. >> this idea is potentially worth millions of dollars. >> millions. >> stole our website. >> they're saying we stole the facebook. >> i know what it said. >> so did we? >> the story of how facebook got started is about website-based on the book "accidental billionaires." the social network is scheduled to be released in october. >>> inside john edwards' extramarital affairs could soon hit the big screen. the former aide put all the dirty details into a book and has now reached a movie deal. no word on how much he is paying for those rights. edwards' affair came to light after the 2008 presidential campaign. he and his mistress ha

facebook achieved 500 million users. "world news now" has more than 18,000 fans on facebook.ched this page way back when president obama was inaugurated. since then it is the hot p >>> ships at the oil well site are heading home as the tropical storm closes in. >> we are prepared to leave the well unattended during this particular event. >> the government's man in charge says work could be halted for weeks. >>> homegrown terror. how one young man went from a high school athlete to a terrorist hell-bent on jihad. >>> and, getting weird at dinner. it's the basis of one of the weekend's box office premieres and we'll hear from the stars. >> paul just turns his head sideways and he's a schmuck. >> it's friday, july 23rd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> depending how that review is i may see that for "insomniac theater." >> i'm a big steve carell fan. usually, his stuff are pretty funny. >> the previews have me a little -- >> i don't know. we'll see monday. >> you'll see it on monday, if i do you'll hear me panning it or loving it, we'll see. good morning and thanks

story, real quick, guy -- woman goes on facebook, checks out facebook, finds her husband on facebook getting married to some other woman at disneyland. yeah, be careful what you do on facebook. didn't turn out. >> no, no, not be careful what you do don't get remarried.

. >>> facebook has signed up their 500 millionth member. they get new customers every eight seconds and the users average 130 friends each. our question. day: who is the most interesting person you have reconnected with on facebook? >> david from clayton on facebook says, my high school teachers and college professors. i see these ladies and gentlemen in a whole new light at the age of 47. [ laughter ] >> a lot smarter, huh? "i have reconnected with some of my bestest of friends that have always been in my mind. i have really enjoyed getting to be part of their lives once again." >> raymond says, "many people from the past, from grade school to now, most from high school." >>> coming up, there's been a deadly crash involving a greyhound bus headed to sacramento this morning. >> and two robbers get away with $100,000 at the state fair in sacramento. we'll tell you how they pulled off that late night heist. >>> if you know somebody who has a vehicle parked in a long- term parking of sfo, you're going to want to stay tuned. very unfortunate fi

it could be designed to compete with facebook.mazon looking at facebook friends and products they like. market ago new service that captures facebook friends for product recommendations and allows them to local on to their priolts and get information on friends and products that they like. >>> all right. thanks a lot. >>> they are being asked about a decision by police to shoot a cow that broke free. it escaped and stampede tluid the fairgrounds where concessionaires were in the property process of setting up. they tried to tranquilize the cow but the dart gun did not fire properly. >> it charged a police officer and again we had no choice but to kill the cow. >> why don't you get a rope, walk up to it nicely, get a rope on it and take it back to the barn. >>> police ended up shooting the cow 11 times before the gates had officially opened. no one was injured. >> by the way, everything is normal today at the state fair. >>> check in with mike and see if the new normal, low temperatures are going to stick. >> we'll see more sunshin

. >>> and find out why one police officer's comments on facebook about home carrying weapons has been unfitting. >>> and the traffic is looking pretty good. we will give you updates as you head out. more on the morning update continues. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> good wednesday morning. time now, 5:25. in walnut creek, we have the fog this morning. clearing sky this is afternoon. a forecasted high of 80 degrees. >> thank you, mark. time now 5:25. >>> well, former radar quarterback, jamarcus russell is due back in court next month. yesterday he appeared in a mobile, alabama courtroom. he pled not guilty for possessing

we'll tell you what's next for facebook. >>> plus, the racial controversy that had the white house issuing an apology today. >>> and it's been another very mild day around the bay area. right now, san jose, 69 degrees. near 60 in san francisco, which, by the way, has seen the coolest summer in nearly 40 years and we'll explain why and have a warmup in you were seven-day forecast coming up. >>> and the amazing pictures as a couple on a boat get the surprise of a lifetime! >>> from the white house, the obama administration apologized today to the former agriculture department employee who was ousted after a video appeared to show her making racially-charged comments about a white farmer. >> i think one of the great lessons you take away from this is that to ask all of the questions first. >> the president's spokesperson said the white house didn't know all the facts when shirley sherrod was pressured to resign. she's been offered her job back but it's unclear if she'll accept. in march, sherrod was videotaped during a speech saying she didn't give a white farmer all the help she could have g

facebook replied that said they had refused to survey methodology but they clearly have room to improve it live look forward to the next survey appeared to check all the results of the study visit our whats on the what sectional www.kron4.com. >> in sports news ducal as the warriors have signed jeremy leven of the team announced the deal with the paul alto native today. we're he attended palo alto high school and the team to a state championship at 2006. he's the first asian-american cleared the site with the war years and over 60 years. >> it is very much of the cool side this afternoon temperatures along the coast only in the '50s. 54 half moon bay, 55 san francisco even inland temperatures are struggling to get into the '70s this afternoon. the cool marine air the fog those of the reasons to blame. fog will move in and today from morning we will see dense fog and drizzle again it would just peel back a lot faster. by the afternoon will be five to 10 degrees warmer mainly in our inland spots. here kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast fog will cont

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. >>> our new feature on facebook questions. you can ask a question of your network or answer one. so if you need to say, no, the best restaurant in atlanta chances are your friends or friends of friends know the answer. now, it's not available to everyone yet. i was going to show it to you because when i was at home it was enabled on my account. i came to work and was going to take a picture of it. it's not enabled at work for some strange reason. but it's a formalized question and answer area. obviously you've always been able to type in a question into your facebook status, but this is more of a help your friends out section. >> all right. very good. >>> six gay couples are suing the state of hawaii seeking the same benefits as married couples. they're not necessarily fighting over the titles of marriage or civil union. the governor vetoed a same-sex civil unions measure earlier this month. >>> taxpayers won't be paying for the supersized salaries of a small town administrators at least not for the time being. the state's public employee retirement agency is going to withhold th

as of this morning, facebook now has 500 million users.ntry without any people would be the third largest in the world. facebook granted abc news access and founder spoke about this milestone. >> what did you do to celebrate? >> the a.mazing we celebrated every employee took a photo of themselves with a sign they made saying thanks to the people for using the service. the people make the service. the way we think about what we're doing is that there is this movement on the internet to be empowered to share and stay connected with people. we weren't the first people to do this. >> just a conversation. you're not designing the end result? >> no. people make that up themselves. it's the power of democracy whuchl give a voice, and people power, the system usually ends up in a good place. >> and saying it's almost a guarantee it will reach a billion friends by next year. >> and there is a woman fired from her public job wins an apology and a new job offer. you'll hear remark that's got her into trouble. >> president signs a bill to crack down o

they were there to protest the slow response by someone who joked about it on facebook. their efforts paid off. >> reporter: in east palo alto an open carry contest turned into an open celebration. >> the officers have been sustained. >> reporter: group responsible citizens of california had planned a demonstration on the steps of city hall to pressure the police about comments one of their officers made on facebook. back in february the police officer wrote on a friend's facebook page suggesting this response to fellow officers who see someone open carry. should puffed the ar, assault rifle, all out and if one makes an assertive movement off two weeks. >> the thing we're scared about is the vigilantism that we kind of saw. we're glad that hopefully there's a resolution and everybody can work together moving forward for the greater good of society. >> reporter: hours before the protest the group got what they've been waiting for for five months. the police issued a press release saying complaints against the officer were sustained. >> today the results just coincidence.

we work with facebook to set up the technological task force. we work with craigslist to take off their online brothel. with google, we look at the ad words and we get them to monitor some of the deceptive practices they were not even aware of -- they are not even aware of. the laws do not exist yet. bad press is not good for anybody. so far, we have been able to accomplish this cooperatively. we hope to continue to go down that road. >> how will these laws be developed for enforcement? >> people will sue each other. standing has to be established. we had a case in maryland where somebody bought a collector, antique doll from somebody in oregon over e-bay. it was fraud. who sues who? who can go after who? this was a back and forth. once you get to standing issues, then there is fraud. everything that is illegal offline is illegal online. job pornography -- children will pass pictures -- child pornography. children will pass these pictures around without everyone's knowledge. those pictures are child pornography. it is a federal offense. it is a

to protest the police department's slow response to an officer who joked about gun advocates on facebook. as kiet do shows us, their efforts paid off. >> reporter: in east palo alto an open carry protest suddenly turned into an open carry celebration. >> after reviewing all of the available evidence the allegations against an officer of the east palo alto police department has been sustained. >> no, sustained is good. >> reporter: the group, responsible citizens of california, had planned a demonstration on the steps of city hall to pressure east pa low alto police about comments one of their officers made on facebook. back in february east palo alto police officer wrote on a friend's facebook page suggesting this response to fellow officers who see someone open carry. should have pulled the ar, assault rifle, out, and prednisone them all out. if one makes a movement, two weeks off. that is typically standard after officer involved shootings. >> the thing we are scared of is the vigilantism we saw. we hope there is a resolution now. >> hours before the protest the group got what they wer

. >> concerns over privacy are swirling around facebook our web producer kimberly tells us about thelatest issue. >> an employee of a firm called and release personal debt of 1 million facebook users which is about one-fifth of the. it includes people's names and profile addresses full security said there to simply point out and bringing attention to the vulnerability of the facebook privacy controls the fall from the incident is spreading quickly. the reporting dozens of well-known corporations and organizations of party downloaded that file. facebook is defending itself single private data has been compromised and it's a compilation that's similar to the white pages of the phone book. visit our whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. >> live look outside the bay bridge as we enter this friday night about to wrap up this friday night. he seemed less that of your screen the toll plaza moving fairly well not much back up there appeared on the right side of your screen those heading into the state also moving well. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] whoa, the new ultimate turke

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