. >> reporter: at claremont mckenna, college students live by a code of honor., educators at this prestigious liberal arts college outside los angeles admitted they were the ones who had been cheating. for six years, the school submitted false data to the critical "u.s. news and world report" ratings, lying about the average math and reading sat scores of the students by 10 to 20 points each. >> there is a violation of trust. people in this country think that colleges and universities are supposed to be pillars in our society. >> reporter: "u.s. news," a tool depended on by families, had been ranking claremont mckenna in the top ten of liberal arts colleges in the entire country. today's cheating scandal could change that. today, students there, who pay a yearly tuition of more than $55,000 were trying to come to terms with what their school had done.. >> it's embarassing. >> reporter: you think it's a double standard? >> absolutely. they should be held to a high standard as well. >> reporter: why would schools cheat? experts say every notch a school can rise on

. >>> senior administrator at clermont mckenna college is admitting they submitted false s.a.t.n the school's rankings the nation's universities. the president notified students in an e-mail yesterday saying a senior administrator admitted to submitting false scores since 2005 and resigned. the current rankings list clermont mckenna as the 9th best liberal arts college in the country. >> we never inflate your numbers here. meteorologist mike nicco tells it like it. is >> i try to this morning cloudy and mile. not much in the way of drizzle. you may find some during your morning commute. tomorrow we'll have a better chance and then it looks like we have sunshine and warmer weather on the way for the first weekend in february. almost 6:16 good morning. take a look at temperatures 41 santa rosa, quarter mile visibility that going to be the toughest commute now, toughest to get around. the rest of us mid to upper 40s we'll ask frances about the commute, that's her job. sorry frances. around monterey bay upper 40s to low 50s watsonville 53. mostly cloudy and cooling trend continues t

. >>> california college admitted to submitting false sat scores, officials with claire mount mckennastrator gave the fudged numbers to publications that use the data to rank the nations universitycolleges. they were inflated 10 to 20 points in reading and math since 2005 the current u.s. news ranks was claire mount, mckenna as 9th best liberal arts college in the country >> chef >> see how they rank now. >> yeah. >>> all right now is the time to cash in on big deals coming up frugal socialite, reveals february treats. >> plus how to switch up your valentines day routine >> chef needs a little freshening up. >> who are the better car shoppers women or men? we will have the results of a new study that may surprise you on the other side of the break . guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy dinner. pillsbu

her name is mckenna.this store in tysons corner to open yesterday's so they could grab one. >> there was lots of excitement going on today. we have welcomed the new girl of the year. use a jim russ from seattle. her story focuses on turning challenges into triumph. >> this is the 10th year they expect the tour a girl of the year. each girl comes from a different city and has her own unique interests and talents. -- since year they have featured a girl of the year. >>> aretha franklin has announced using gave to her longtime friend william wilkerson. the 69-year-old singer joked that she is not pregnant. they are considering a summer wedding perhaps in miami beach. if she wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht. she is considering vera wang and valentino for potential designers for her down -- gown. i'm expecting fetters and sequins. steven tyler from aerosmith has announced that he is engaged. two weddings to look forward to. >> the third time as the charts for everybody. >>> cold

the girls and their coach john mckenna, are all joining us this morning.body. >> good morning. >> hi, jenna. how are you? >> i'm doing great! not as good as you guys this morning, though. shannon, let me start it with you. let me say it again 46-0. you have two games left, a semifinal game and then your championship game. i have to ask are you confident after going undefeated the last four seasons that you will do so again this year, you going to win those two games? >> yeah, i'm really confident. i'm still excited. i'm really confident in the championship. >> hey, coach, john, these girls have been together now since the fifth grade. talent is one thing. but there's got to be some other element that probably you only know that has kept them so successful. can you tell us what your secret is. >> well, they've accomplished a lot. they've won 146 games. and they've won a state championship. they've won a number of tournaments. they've won all the leagues they've been in and they've done great. we're very proud of them. now we keep this in perspective. we kno

clairemont mckenna's president says the scores were inflated 10 to 20 points. school is ranked as the ninth best liberal arts college in the country. >> lawmakers will take a shot at revising the three strikes law. if they fail to pass it the bill will die for the year. the bill would require defendants third strike for a serious violent felony. revising the law would reduce prison sentences and save money on corrections. opponents say it dilutes the intent of the law. right now third strike leads to 25 years to life in prison. >> another big step towards today toward hosting america's cup yacht race. mayor ed lee will break ground on the new cruise terminal at pier 27. the terminal will be an 88,000 square foot two-story facility. the 34th america's cup will be in 2012 and 2013, expected to bring millions of people and more than $1 billion to the area. >> google's big buses that pick up workers have parents complaining they are unsafe for children headed to school. the commuter buses are picking up google employees in los gatos and taking them to the mountain

claremont mckenna's college is under investigation for inflating its s.a.t.cores to gain a higher ranking on the u.s. news and world report best colleges list. an administrator has resigned after admit he altered the score business 10 to 20 points currently ranked the ninth best liberal arts college in the country. >>> time to check that forecast. it's fairly nice despite the overcast skies. christina loren, what can you tell us. >> you know he what? if you get out right now you're going to get the most sun of the day. as we head throughout the afternoon and even, clouds will increase ahead of a little area of low pressure that could bring us light showers tomorrow morning. i'll show you where and when. you can see we have the hazy sky. we need whatever moisture we can get. this looking over the gaudeloupe parkway in san jose. nice time for a drive, huh? throughout the day, temperatures are going to be on the mild side. 56 in san jose. 66 degrees in milpitas. looking good for the east bay. 64 in pittsburg. across the water, 62 in san francisco today. overnigh

a senior administrator at claremont mckenna college has resigned after admitting to falsifying s-a-ts. >>> welcome back. >>> a senior administrator at claremont community college resigned after admitting to falsifying s.a.t. scores. the college president told students and staff about the falsified scores in an email yesterday. the administrator who quit has admitted inflating the scores of incoming students since 2005. reading and math scores were inflated by 10 to 20 points each. education advocates hope to raise the standards at california community colleges. a task force from the chancellor's office has outlined 22 recommendations to improve schools. the main goal is to increase the number of students who finish their programs. as of right now, thousands of students cannot get the classes that they need because of overcrowding. >> if i i don't get into that class i'm not going to get my pell grant which means i'll have to pay for everything myself. i'm a single mom working a part- time job. i can't afford it. >> state lawmakers will discuss it this week and it could be implemented

that is a cool san francisco 49er fan sent to us by kenny and mckree waddle and little mckenna rose proves it's never too early to start cheering for your team. that's just priceless. we'd like you all to send your pictures to our home page at nbc bay area.com and marlo, it sounds like you've got one, too, huh? >> i have family photos and two of my nephews all in his niners gear. >> go niners. we'll check in with christina loren over in the nbc weather center. love it. >> yeah. you know, they say if you build it it will come and boy, oh, boy, the rain has started. we're starting to see the showers in san francisco. they will spread to the south as woe head through the next few hours and getting rather active in the south bay and we'll get a little bit of the break overnight before another stronger storm moves in. so let's talk about what we're forecasting for today. temperatures will be on the mild side. you'll need the umbrella all day long. 55 degrees in san jose. so temperatures below our seasonal averages and we're going see a lot more rain than we traditionally do as we head through t

. >> reporter: sam mitchell is a senior at claremont mckenna college.e chose the school because of its growing reputation. >> it's a really cut-throat world for schools, especially sort of up-and-coming institutions like this one. they have to do anything they can to climb the ladder. >> reporter: his school was ranked number nine among the best liberal arts colleges in the latest "u.s. news and world report" rankings. for five years, a school official falsely inflated the incoming s.a.t. scores of incoming students by 30 point, a small change but enough to move up on the coveted rankings. >> they are probably the single most important attribute in the minds of families and applicants. >> reporter: barmak nassirian helps run an association for college admissions officers. he thinks rankings confuse students. >> they simply look at the number and assume-- incorrectly-- that number nine is better than number ten. and as long as families believe that, institutions will go to great extreatments to be number nine as opposed to number ten. >> reporter: in a s

. >> congratulations to donna mckenna. we're going to give away another ipad next week. go to wjla.com/facebook. today journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fififteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> we want to take you back to rockville. we heard earlier from the prosecutors. now we are hearing from the defense attorney. >> does she not believe she did this? >> not at all. in her mind, she knows she did this. it may be difficult for her to save. getting rehabilitation, coming to terms with what she did and finding out why it happens. >> you offered a proffer at the very beginning of the trial. [inaudible] what was the reason for this? >> you know, we really do not know. she certainly had an explosive moment. when you look at what happened to her, nothing suggested this would ever

the next high tide at fort mckenna is at 10:57. today 50 degrees. tonight overnight low down around 28 with partly cloudy skies. tomorrow in the mid to upper 40s. 47 with tons of cloud and sun. look at this stretch. 60 degrees on tuesday. wednesday is the first day of february. 54 on thursday, a chance of rain on friday, cool day. >> that 60 degrees is nowhere near snow. i like it. >> stilted, eyewitness news sunday morning, cruiseship cleanup. we will have details on efforts to get debris out of the ocean where the ship sank. >> honoring a soul singing legend. we will tell you how they are memorializing added chains coming up. >> and is a new exhibit at the old patterson. we will tell you all about it in just a few. >> can't wait to see it. first, h,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> welcome back to eyewitness news on this sunday, january 29th, the last sunday of this month. taking a look at a pretty quiet oriole park. now we start to shift our attention to baseball season now that the ravens season is unfortunately done. temperatures at the field at baseball

. >> reporter: they rushed mckenna to the hospital, where she was treated for cuts. >> reporter: themanagement wouldn't comment. but when the family contacted them, they were less than sympathetic. this afternoon, the pack agreed to put up warning signs. they all also need to be cold. because the numbers are too many. >> reporter: amazingly, this terrible attack hasn't changed michaela's dream to be a vet. >> because i love animals. >> and that was jessica turner reporting. wildlife officials in australia say it is out of character for a character to -- kangaroo to attack a person. >>> children stranded. a paperwork problem keeps two girls from getting home by train. the 10-year-old and 15-year-old traveled to harrisburg to visit family. but when they tried to return home on an amtrak train, they could not. amtrak officials told the girl's father, they should never been allowed to get on the train without an adult. >> they basically stated that they were not able to fit her back on the train with her sister. and they canceled the ticket and refunded me the money. and i now have to fi

claremont mckenna college says for years scores were inflated to publications like u.s. news & world reports. the school is ranked as the ninth best liberal arts college in the country. now to london where some candid comments from prince harry about his grandmother, the queen, are making news. nbc's stephanie gosk is at buckingham palace with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. we know the queen is 86 years old, the second longest ruling monarch in britain's history and still she keeps a blistering pace of engagements, not just in the uk but around the world. many people wonder how she can possibly do it. in an interview with the bbc, prince harry reveals what he thinks is his grand mother's secret. >> having him by her side she says is her strength and stay all these years. >> prince philip is 90 and considered to be in wonderful shape for his age, but two days before christmas he was rushed to the hospital with chest pains. doctors treated him for a clogged artery and the duke was released four days later. harry's interview shows a recogniti

clairmont mckenna college admits to inflating s.a.t. scores. official resigned after taking responsibility. investigation finds the school exaggerated scores for incoming freshmen by 10 to 20 points for the past six years. clairmont mckenna is currently number 9 among the nation's liberal arts colleges. >> now it's number 30. but i'm kidding, probably not. thanks, appreciate, still ahead on "starting point," it is decision day. florida voters are lining up right now at the polls. will the outcome of the primary cement the gop nominee or do we just keep going and going and going? the head of the florida gop is up next. >>> plus, take a look at this young man, high school student making a commitment to help cancer charity by growing back his hair. but, no, the school says, no, we have rules against that. and he is suspended. we'll talk about what he is doing when today's "get real" is ahead. goodnight, stuffy. goodnight, outdated. goodnight old luxury and all of your wares. goodnight bygones everywhere. [ engine turns over ] good morning, illumin

it was a videotape that regis mckenna nejd in 1980 for 25-year-old steve jobs making the 22 minute presentation at stanford on the roots of apple and his vision for the company. we have digitized that and put it on our web site at computerhistory.org. it has never been seen before and we will play two minutes of it tonight and i hope you will be amazed as we were when you see it. >> [inaudible] >> we liberated atari. designs for the last six months. at 4:00 in the morning we got it working. and in 20 or 40 -- and liberate the parts. talking about building computers. we got the idea one day that we could make a printed circuit board. bringing circuit boards to our friends and cut the assembly and find out. so -- the calculator -- got $1,300 together. this pc board way out, $1,300, we would sell circuit boards twice and hopefully the calculator and transportation. that is what we did. i was trying to peddle pc boards one day and -- paul terrell said he would like to take 50 computers and ice are $ in front of my eyes. the catch was he wanted them tested and ready to go which was a new twist. we s

"the new york times" reports an administrator at mckenna college admitted to sending false s.a.t.res to "u.s. news and world report" to rank the colleges and universities. the administrator resigned his post. the s.a.t. scores were inflated 10 to 20 points. the school is ranked the ninth best liberal arts college in the country. >> 5:42. i want to get a check of the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> let's get you out the front door on a good note. we have comfortable conditions. give yourself ample time because drizzle, a little mist courtesy of low clouds. they aren't going to last all day. more sunshine the second half of the day than yesterday. yesterday was a cloudy dreary day. today we'll see the sun by about noon. temperatures running mild, 50 in san jose, 43 in santa rosa, and 47 in fairfield. so much warmer than our seasonal averages. this afternoon we'll be about as warm as yesterday. let's talk about our next best chance for rain. we stop the clock at midnight. between midnight and 5:00 a.m., maybe sures, sonoma, also maybe a little bit of light precipita

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we will have to see but that's the latest from claremont mckenna college back to you. >>> let's checknd get you where you need to go. sal? as i look here at my list, 280 is slow getting up to 880 and getting into the west valley. >> we are looking to see if something happened and i don't see it, i don't see anything on san jose freeways and this is 880 and it starts getting slower after 830. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is still a 15 minute delay and eastbound, there was a truck cleared from the tunnel and there was only one tunnel open in the eastbound direction. up prepare for extra heavy traffic in the eastbound direction, let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir, mostly cloudy skies, a couple of sun breaks and it is a low cloud deck, they are stating to get to mostly cloudy days, cooler temperatures, precursor of what is coming in here, you can see it is already falling apart and the majority of it is heading northward. it will drag across giving us cloudy skies and we had some local drizzle. some sun and still mostly cloudy and they will start to come in after the noo

it turns out that claremont mckenna college admitted to inflating a lot of the scores for the incoming freshman class. i thought wouldn't it be the student who wants to inflate the scores. it turns out the college wanted to inflate so they rank higher on the u.s. news and world report annual college ranking that everybody waits for. >> so wrong. >> they're admitting to it. it's embarrassing. i think at this point, they may have somebody -- senior official is going to resign taking responsibility for it. they're inflating it not just a little, like ten to 20 points. >> i never took the s.a.t.'s. >> this keeps on happening over and over again. >> hopefully not. hopefully after this it won't. >>> it's 5:22. the man behind the tennessee don't say gay bill to prevent teachers from talking about homosexuality in the classroom is under fire again. he's under fire about gays and the origins of the aids virus. he was kicked out of a popular restaurant in downtown knoxville. that's the least of his worries. he made the comments on michelangelo sirius radio show. the host joins us now on the phon