that's what we'll do. >> so now, melinda decided to take the next step. conduct her own forensic investigation. to learn how to go about it, she discovered the world of forensic television. >> i think initially what attracted me to "forensic files" was when i first turned it on there was this big loud voice of murder in blah, blah, blah town and "forensic files" investigates. and i thought wow, you know. i'm going to watch this. i was learning how to gather dna, how to preserve it. there was a lot of different episodes that i watched that kind of put everything together. >> melinda decided to take her list of the convicted criminals living in her mother's neighborhood and surreptitiously collect their dna samples for testing. melinda followed these men to local bars and restaurants to collect their dna from anything they might have left behind. >> i would have to flirt with these people. i would get either a cigarette butt or i've gotten their beer bottle. i've gotten their drinking glass. >> using her own money and contributions solicited from her websit

but melinda dismissed this possibility. she kept her home spotless and no one in her family tested positive for allergies. but during their conversation on the plane, holder said something prophetic. >> he's telling me, these aren't allergens lady. this is a poison. >> now suspecting that there was some kind of mold behind the wall or above the ceiling somewhere, ron and melinda decided not to take any chances and moved out of the main house into an apartment over the garage. but even with the move, ron's neurological problems continued to get worse. >> at the office, i would be on a phone call and 10 or 20 minutes into the phone call, just not have any idea what we'd discussed. >> if there was some kind of mold behind a wall or ceiling, how would investigators find it? >>> medical experts began to suspect that something in their home environment was making ron, >>> medical experts began to suspect that something in their home environment was making ron, melinda and reese sick. the property included 72 acres. the house itse

[laughter] melinda has a lot of good ideas.aternal health, we have been doing a number of things under her guidance to trying to advance the causes of getting the kids so they can get born and survive the first couple of days and then the next five years. there are lots of good ideas. you can't do everything, you have to decide what your core competencies are. like the bill and melinda foundation, and a lot of cases, they administer funds. in our case, we probably do more donating funds and having others administrate but we have a big group working on public health issues as well. >> mike, when you were mayor, you had certain metrics by which you could measure the success of your own projects and initiatives. when you give money, how do you measure success? >> number one, not everything is going to work quickly. you have to have some patience. number two, if you do something in the scientific world and it turns out to be a failure, that in some sense is a success because you don't have to go down that path again. unfortunately,

stanford graduates got a special treat as bill and melinda gates delivered the commencement speech. the couple talked about giving back, as they use their smarts and kindness help fix the world of the problems. >> you love that. >> i thought it was great. they got a good sense of humor. apparently a huge hit. >>> let's check in with rob mayeda to check on what's going on around the bay area. >> temperatures dropping down to 62 degrees. not far off from the high we saw around san francisco today. also, some high clouds on top of that layer of low clouds spilling over the coastal mountains. right now, inland locations running quite a bit cooler than yesterday, with livermore getting close to 90 on saturday. and right now, we're 11 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. big-time cooling south of san jose as the marine area made its way inland. gusty, up to 25 miles an hour. fairfield and livermore, wind speeds approaching 20 miles per hour. this is the marine air spilling in. which is good news for as you're about to see air quality except the pollen count still fairly high for grass pollen

. >>> plus, behind the scenes with bill and melinda gates. the new video show as what the power couple was up to before delivering the commencement address at stanford. >>> we continue our breaking news with the fire in cordelia. difficult to watch this. one of the homes on fire. we'll let you know the latest on the evacuations and the traffic at 680 and 80. we're back in a moment. >>> we have an update on our breaking news in the cordelia area. as you see live pictures from our chopper. devastating video of a home engulfed in flames. we hear there's one other home on fire. this is burning along 680 as you approach the 80 interchange in the cordelia/fairfield area. chp has issued a travel alert. northbound 680 completely shut down. embers driven by the wind gusts in the area. we hear there are evacuations in order. please keep it here on nbc bay area. we'll be monitoring the situation and bring you an update in just a few more moments. >>> it begins tomorrow, crooked and closed. for san francisco's famed lombard street, the constant stream of

this will be perfect. >> reporter: we met melinda at the lodge store. what's the best thing you make in it? >> cornbread. it's what i call my tennessee classic. and it's the best. >> reporter: of that, we have no doubts. turns out lodge is the last u.s. maker of cast iron cookware. >> two competitors back in the '90s. they fell by the wayside. we're the lone ranger now. >> reporter: made in the usa, built to last, affordable, it's a recipe for success. harry smith, nbc news, south pittsburgh, tennessee. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. from all of us here at nbc news, new york. from all of us here at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> pride filled streets, rainbow flags and a lot of love in the bay area. more than 100,000 people lined the streets of downtown san francisco for the pride parade. taking a look at the celebrations. they are still going on. big day and beautiful weather for it. good evening the to you. >> gay pride parade

melinda, i want to start with you. you can't generalize it.icult. i don't think there's animosity there and certainly not from terri gross. i listened to that over again today and said, why are they arguing? terri, who i really think is great, was trying to get the former secretary of state to say, i think she was trying to get her to say, i changed my mind. i went from being where everybody was, the great mass of america was on same-sex, not being against it, they did think about it, having thought about it and understood the issue and sympathize with the people who are seeking same-sex marriage and saying, okay. she wouldn't do it quite that way. it might be a mountain out of a mole hill. what do you think? >> i thought it was a great interview for both terri gross and hillary clinton. you have to get a little friction going. a spark or two is always appreciated. >> what was terri trying to get? >> she was trying to clarify. i think she wanted hillary clinton to be much more explicit in connecting the dots and saying, yes, she evolved like t

project sponsor >> good afternoon, commissioners melinda.'m here on behalf of the project sponsor we're riveted excited to be here to present this project i have robert a manager for the sally beauty and others that represent the land use & economic development committee shore shopping center. this project is requesting conditional use authorization to relocate this within the lake shire or shore shopping center terror a national retailer of beauty supplies and have a respiration for the first choice with consumers alike they have operated successfully for 20 years and primarily serves surrounding neighborhoods it will be an ideal center there are no other retail uses that over the high-end care and beauty supplies they're going to occupy a space at the south side of the center another company relocated to it would displace my other organizations. they will have - they won't expand. it's stimulated they'll hire 5 new employees including a manager and lakeshore plaza is sally's second location. we're confident that sally had are help the surr

. >> next speaker >> hi i'm melinda card well, i'm in opposition to this plan. when i first heard about this i was like because your office used to be a couple of doors down i understand that those have to go somewhere but when i saw the plans i was shocked it was so visible is a project and considered for this building. i said planning suggested this site and asked at&t to make the site smaller but at&t refused. looking at those pictures. the penthouse is unfortunate but to make it larger and more of an informational point looking smokestacks didn't make sense for my own street they tried to bargain putting this site in will help. them to remove antenna and bring this into historic guidelines. not sure how much sense this makes while the making equipment will be visible for blocks away we're removing one to put in 2 is not good nothing like this should be put on this building they need to find other buildings so that's not so notice work if you feel different at the at least at&t should be made to listens to reduce the size of this and mount any antennas agains

a new study funded in part by the bill and melinda gates foundation, teachers are absent a lot. 18 dayss out. what are they doing? >> it certainly is a lot of days out for those teachers but there are a group of teachers about the same size that are -- that have excellent attendance and are there every day like clockwork and have missed three days or less for the entire school year. so we should recognize those two groups but be sure and work on that group that is not coming to school on a regular basis. >> what percentage do you think miss that much school? >> there's about 16% of teachers who miss school 18 days or more in our study, which covered 40 districts across the u.s. now, we took out all those days that teachers might be out for long-term leave for things like pregnancy leave or illnesses -- >> you didn't factor that in. you fact you're those who cumulatively miss days for other ropes. >> right. so, 18 days is about, on average, day every two weeks. and so all of these absences were less than ten days in a row,, in duration. >> now, are they happen happening in more economica

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those are all the cards i have by the way, >> i'm melinda and supervisor wiener you are my supervisor and i came up up to ask for voting no for this 4.2 is in it. it's as has been said before a land grab for the n ap i'm not happy with the way they've done the other parts they've been given so to have them as a model for our management ever our natural areas is not a good model i don't believe. i think there's a lot of ways we can manage land and not necessarily their way. in terms of getting it back to what is natural with global change i think the plants would be different now as is our coastline anyway that's all i want to say i encourage you to vote no >> thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> thank you very much supervisors for having this hearing. i'm norma miller no time familiar with legal language so i have not really be able to understand all of this that's mainly my point is that over the years i've seen how committees are formed and grow and pass and other people have been coming in and take over the work and go by the guidelines but i find the guidelines are so slippery

our first speaker will be crist jowaisas senior officer at the bill and melinda gates foundation. we were hoping to have dionne with us director of el paso public library. unfortunately she had a family emergency and wasn't able to be with us today that we are excited also to have clarence anthony the sake of director of the national league of cities so we will start out with chris. would you like to come to the microphone? >> thank you director hildreth and the national museum and library services board for holding this hearing. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the experience that the bill and melinda gates foundation has had ensuring technology through public libraries and our vision of how libraries can utilize broadband to drive first nine community development. today the gates foundation is composed of her grandson initiatives from fighting diseases such as polio malaria and tuberculosis to helping farmers in africa strengthen their crops to improving the educational system in the united states. but it all started in 1997 with the gates library foundation. back then

we're on item 7 the carl renovation contract award >> good afternoon, commissioners melinda project manager with the capital improvements division i'm happy to come here after two years for the discussion and possible action to award contract including the bases bid contract items and alternative one the aestheticly beautiful play structure for the carl larson contract number in the amount of seven hundred and 28 thousand plus to j.b. d and sons construction. i've been working on this project for two years and come to the commission to present the conceptual design with the agreement and doing a recognition plan and it's taken a while to get to this point we were doing public fundraising working with the parks alliance and fortunately, we were able to increase the fundraising and now ready to go. we've done quite a bit of coordination for the custom airline structure into the playground and for the young ones folks might know where carlson playground it's north of the pool it's a small sand area with not only a swing set but previously 3 commissions gentlemen's and transformed into play str

. >> without melinda's efforts, let's face it, clarence elkins would still be in prison. >>> up next, a college coed is left for dead in a lovers lane. >> the blood is consistent with her being struck up to ten times. >> plenty of suspects, but few answers. >>> was it a random murder or jealousy? >> if he couldn't have her, nobody else could. >> for decades, the case went unsolved until now. >> he was a cold-blooded killer. >> i wanted to solve this. at the end of a long day in may of 1984, a farmer in tennessee made a startling discovery. >> he noticed some clothing lying in the field. there was actually a body lying there. >> the victim was a young girl wearing only a bra. her body was covered with two pair of jeans and a dark jacket. one pair of jeans was hers. the other was a pair of men's jeans. >> also, there was a black jacket across her body with a sleeve tied around her neck and a pair of panties she was clutching in her right hand. >> she was identified as an 18-year-old laura, a local college student. >> her life was stolen. her life was stolen. in such a horrible way. >> t

. >>> bill and melinda gates offered high praise to graduates. the couple delived a joint speech yesterday and that is where genius lives. that's what they called the flexibility of mind and optimism. >> this is where people come to discover the future and have fun doing it. >> some people call you all nerds and we hear you claim it with pride. >> well, so do we. >> they urged them to not just seek profit but use their talents to tackle problems such as porchty and disease. >>> the man that cofounded america's top five died. his final countdown was in 2009 with second chance by shine down in the top spot. in the early part of his career he was a dj at bay area radio stations where he worked with ben phon tours are. >> the lasting impression that casey levs and left -- leaves and left was a man that was driven by work, success, and professionalism. he was driven to profession. >> he was also the voice behind the animated character shaggy. on ktvu.com you will find more on the life and legacy of casey kasem including a slide show and pictures of hi

. >> commissioners, i was just spanking to deputy city attorney melinda burns she stated you may approve the project and put conditions of approval on the project as commissioner wolfram was mentioning it that may not have to come back. >> deputy city attorney marilyn burns the general motion of intent ask used when you want to make a decision contrary to the staff. >> ear finding need a grateful of provision to support another action here because there's changes to the project if i can outline those changes in how they change our conditions of approval that could be done another this hearing you don't have to make a motion of intent and have another motion. >> thank you. i think we want to approve it to move forward. >> commissioner pearlman. >> yes. ma'am, i have a question you said in your report that this will have to come back at some mid point to get another c of a why is that for a temporary project that's only 4 years long. >> basically, we want to come back to confer that everything a one not causing damage because the two years will be appropriate because 4 years is getting to

. >>> the world's richest person and his wife, bill and melinda gates, were the commencement speakerst stanford today. >> some people call you all nerds. we hear that you claim that label with pride. >> well, so do we. >> the gates also spoke about the power of optimism and how it fuels innovation, leads to new approaches that eliminate suffering. today was stanford's 123rd commencement. >>> a tough wildfire season in california just got worse. still ahead this fire forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes. firefighters have a warning for those who stay behind. >>> plus how jetblue is trying to make up for an incident that outraged a mom. her young daughter denied bathroom access on the plane. you can guess what happened from there. >>> cooler today and the trend continues into monday. i'll let you know when the '80s make a comeback with your hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. sh

we will have a senior officer at the bill and melinda gates foundation. we are hoping to have the had of el paso public library with us, but you had a family emergency. what we are excited to have clarence anthony, the executive director of the national league of cities. we will start out with chris. come to the microphone. >> thank you. thank you for holding this hearing. opportunity toe talk about the experience that the bill and melinda gates ha foundation has had, and our vision of how we can drive personal and community development. -- to helping farmers strengthen their crops to proving the educational system in the united started in 1997 with the gates library foundation. over 20% offered public access to the internet. many inside the library community ensure this was a service that libraries needed to offer. melinda believe accessing technology was absolutely's -- absolutely essential. for a variety of reasons they -- this. area they have multiple staff. if you can reach a public -- ary by 2004 that goal was met. after investing 230 million dollar

our first speaker will be the senior program officer at the bill and melinda gates foundation. hoping to have leon mac, director of el paso public library. unfortunately she had a family emergency and was not able to the year. we are excited to have clarence anthony, executive director of the national league of cities. we will start out with her. >> well, thank you, director. the national museum, library services for holding this hearing. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the experience that the bill and ellen gates foundation has had with in china access to technology through public libraries and our vision of our libraries can drive personal and community development. today the foundation is composed of many programs and initiatives . helping farmers in africa strengthen their crops, improving the educational system in the united states. but it all started in 1997 with the gates foundation. back then all the about 25 percent of public libraries offered public access to the internet, and many inside the library community or not sure that this was a service libraries n

melinda marie blanchard. johani bowman pagan.kristin boyce -- >> friday, hillary clinton recounts her tenure as secretary of state from her recently published memoir "hard choices." the former first lady and new york senator will be interviewed by politics & prose owner lindh can muskatine from washington university in washington, d.c. live 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> c-span's new book, sundays at 8:00, includes "huffington post" correspondent david wood. >> there is something that drives them to this ideal of service and the, like some people i know who served in war, that the intensity of the experience, the intensity of the relationships they have with their combat buddies, are so strong and so pure and true, that they look back on those types with mourning. i always asked them, you know, do you wish this had never happened? you know and they're like, i would do it again in a heartbeat. i think there is something else that gross on there too and it is that going through a near-death experience somehow seems to give them s

real cooks like melinda huffman can't live without it, especially at the price.lls for about $20. >> it's the way to go. you need to get you some. this would be perfect. we met her at the lodge store. what's the best thing that you make in it? >> cornbread. it's what i call my tennessee classic. it is -- it's the best. >> reporter: that we have no doubt. turns out lodge is the last u.s. maker of cast iron cook ware. >> two competitors in the '90s. they fell to the way side. so weert lone ranger now. >> reporter: made in the usa, built to last, affordable. it's a recipe for success. harry smith, nbc news, south pittsburgh, tennessee. >>> that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, gao nig good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we set a goal, a target that, to others, may seem unreachable. - being the first woman to complete the qualifying course is definitely a dream of mine. narrator: we train, and we strive, and sometimes we come up short. so

bill and melinda gates.today, they're pushing the graduates to go big and use their smarts and kindness to fix global problems. >> tomorrow, starbuck wills announce a new program that will help workers earn online college degrees. they're teaming up with arizona state and the goal is to help with full tuition reimbursement for jr.s and seniors. the online will be offered to employee who is work at least 20 hours a week. according to the company, workers don't have to stay with starbucks after their own those degrees. >> long lines and frustration tonight for target. a glitch in the check out systems shut registers down for hours. target tweeted back a few hours later with apologies. they said the problems were not related to a security issue. >> well, a security guard. take a look at the video here. martinez was wheeling him to class. on thursday, a federal grand jury handed down an diemt. so far, he's charged with a destructive illegal device. a federal magistrate has ordered a psychiatric evaluation. new j

. >>> high spirits today as bill and melinda gates gave a speech.hey say stanford is where genius lives. and they credited the students for flexibility of mind and optimism. >> this is where people come to discover the future and have fun doing it. >> now some people call you all nerds, and we hear that you claim that label with pride. >> well, so do we. >> pretty funny there the gates also urged the graduating class not to use seek profit but use their talents to tackle poverty and disease. >>> and we're going to show you a new perk from starbucks. >>> and a pilot takes a leap but it wasn't on purpose. what a novice pilot does that probably saved his life. >>> coming up the big temperature change in your monday forecast and when 90s return in our five day. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtuall

. >> the project just received a boost from bill and melinda gates foundation.ations have announced a $6 million grant to be shared by sever teams dedicated to fighting neglected diseases in an area stretching from mechl to central, and south america. >> you're looking at current incidents. >> james holsten hoping to affect the dengay virus by draining and eliminating their breeding spaces >> we want to get them before they nest. >> his tool is crowd sourcing. users compete by identifying and cleaning up areas where the mosquitos breed, then documenting their work. >> surprises can be small a toothbrush a bicycle. a tablet. a cell phone people like to win things >> he says the site launched small armies in areas like brazil, cases have been rising rapidly. idea is not taking over for government health departments. but empowering people. >> identify the site. take the appropriate action. >> the programs are taking on different diseases, they all share a common goal. coming up with effective, and inexpensive slugs for threats that are often forgotten. >> this is a

. >> tomorrow stanford graduates will hear bill gates and melinda speak at their commencement. will begin inside stanford stadium. >> from once upon a time to orange is the new black binge watching your favorite shows is the hot new thing. but is it really the best way to watch? >> once upon a time the killing. >> "walking dead,"" arrested development." >> i netflix most of the shows. >> "orange is the new black" and " house of cards" giving people what they seem to want at once. an entire season's worth. >> i used to be on the edge of train. now i'm only three feet away. >> there are hard core viewers who will devour the show in 13 hours and the bigger number in the first 24 and a bigger number that will watch in 48. >> it is easy to get sucked in. >> maybe you and i can part a ?er -- partner up. >> is it the best way to watch some 69 -- some of the best television? they are urging us to take a stand against it for our own sake. research psychologist. >> research suggests the anticipation period is pleasurable. if you take that anticipation and the looking forward time out of

attorney melinda haye refused to comment on the break- in and the theft. >>> the man known as hidden cash has been revealed. ktvu went with hidden cash last month as he hid envelopes of cash. now we can tell you he is jason veti a real estate millionaire. one lucky person found some of the cash he hid on air. he said he won a lot of money and wanted to do something fun with it so he started the scavenger hunt. he's not done. he said stay tuned for details of our san francisco event in san francisco. >>> and one of the biggest concerns is all the dry brush next to freeways. ktvu's rob roth tells us what's being done about it. >> the grass is tall, thick, bone dry and it must be tamed. this morning a four man crew from caltrans maintenance department attacked this piece of dry grass. in the past week, at least two fires broke out on the side of freeways in san jose. another along an interchange near vallejo. we're always worried about somebody tossing aside any kind of tobacco products. >>> but cutting the brush isn't easy. >> resin coming up and spraying herbicide. you see we have the

. >> the project just received a boost from bill and melinda gates foundation. the organizations have announced a $6 million grant to be shared by several teams dedicated to fighting neglected diseases in an area stretching from mechl to central, and south america. >> you're looking at current incidents. >> james holsten hoping to affect the dengay virus by draining and eliminating their breeding spaces >> we want to get them before they nest. >> his tool is crowd sourcing. users compete by identifying and cleaning up areas where the mosquitos breed, then documenting their work. >> surprises can be small a toothbrush a bicycle. a tablet. a cell phone people like to win things >> he says the site launched small armies in areas like brazil, cases have been rising rapidly. idea is not taking over for government health departments. but empowering people. >> identify the site. take the appropriate action. >> the programs are taking on different diseases, they all share a common goal. coming up with effective, and inexpensive slugs for threats that are often forgotten

. >>> bill and melinda gates offered high prize to stanford graduates.delivered a joint speech yesterday. stanford is where genius lives. they praise the students for what they called their flexibility of mind and their optimism. >> this is where people come to discover the future and have fun doing it. >> now some people call you nerds and we hear you claim that label with pride. >> well, so do we. >> now how about that? the gates also urged the graduating class not to just seek profit but to use their talents to tackle problems like poverty and disease. >>> the man who cofounded and hosted the american top 40 music countdown has died. >> i'm casey kasem and here we go. >> casey kasem counted down the most popular songs. his final countdown was in 2009 with second chance by shine down in the top spot. in the early part of his career, kasem worked as a bay area dj alongside writer ben torres. >> the lasting impression that casey leaves and left is of a man who was driven by work, by success, and by professionalism. he was driven to perfection. >> kasem w

. >>> happening today microsoft founder bill gates and his wife melinda will deliver the stanford addressanford. this year's graduates have a lot to gain from today's commencement address. he cites the gates' work in fighting poverty and technology to improving society and the human condition. stanford's 131st commencement begins at 9:30 this morning inside stanford stadium. >>> a newly released study by researchers at ucsf could change how doctors diagnose and treat patients. >> came from mexico to california when the border was free. >> this doctor not only researches genomics, he sees it work in his family tree. a mixture ever danish, french and mexican ancestry, he decided to have his own geno sequenced. >> it shows that at least the genetic part originated from africa comes from west africa. >> it revealed a wide genetic variation, including african genes from slave populations in north and south america along with asian genes imbedded in the indian population that came across the behring strait many centuries ago. but he said those findings can affect your health. >> it's not what s

. >> welcome to mid evil times i will be your serving lunch melinda. >> you don't look like the typicala fan. >> jeans and t-shirt. >> you don't look so good. >> can i do a lot of damage. >> do you like women. >> you can say i'm a lesbian. >> i don't know what that means. >> do you have boyfriend. >> yeah. is he right there. >> that's my cameraman. >> oh, no. >> is he a handsome man. >> room starting to spin real fast because of gayness. >> i'm really scared now. >> what does lady gaga mean to you? >> she is my second mom. >> she chose me like so many life questions that no one gets to teach to you. >> what lessons has lady gaga taught you? >> oh my god. >> oh god. >> she stands for equality of all the gays and i think that we need gay marriage here all throughout america. >> does lady gaga bring you out of the closet. >> i was well on my way. >> you know something? i believe you. >> bill o'reilly wants to ask you a quick question. this will be fun.m i noticed resistance to president obama next year. >> we had indication that star power may be on the decline. >> lady gaga has been strug

bill and melinda gates revealed their geeky tiedside. they pushed the graduates to go big and use their smarts and kindness to fix global problems. nice to see a couple doing it. >>> well if you're planning a summer vacation, we have a look at some of the most and least expensive cities to visit. according to trip advisers, the most expensive city, right here in the bay area. no surprise, san francisco topping this year's list with travelers averaging $500 per day in expenses. the survey compared the cost of an evening out and and overnight stay. close behind in second was new york city. . you're on a budget, you might to want head to las vegas, it ranked as the least expensive destination for the fourth year in a row. line up for the buffet. travelers averaged less than $280 per day. depending on probably how much you were betting on the table. >> that's the big caveat there. least expensive, not counting your gambling logszs. >>> if you're having trouble watching online combat from netflix, you are not alone. the fcc is looking into wh

. >> there you go, the glasses there, bill and melinda gates revealed their geeky side. does he need to? yesterday at stanford, that couple delivered the commencement speech. they pushed them to go big and help fix global problems. >> i like they did it as a couple, very cool. >>> discount coffee not the only perk. the company will announce a new program to help workers earn college degrees online. coffee chain is teaming up with arizona state. the goal is to help workers earn a bachelor's degree with full tuition reimbursement for juniors and seniors. the program will be offered to employees who work at least 20 hours a week. companies say workers don't have to stay with starbucks after they earn those degrees. >>> the place where one of the most historic meetings in u.s. history took place is being torn down. the garage where fbi official mark felt secretly met with bob woodward during the watergate scandal will be demolished and placed with a commercial and residential building as society goes. the county plans to save a marker on that garage and the landowner has pro

about 8000 students got their degrees at anaheim angel stadium. >>> today bill and melinda gates areuled to give the commencement speech at stanford. some have appealed to the couple to speak about immigration reform and recognize parents who can't be with their graduating children. those graduates plan to ware pink exterran holdings to call for a change. late am founder steve jobs also spoke at stanford's commencement ceremony in 2005,. >>> a fantasy 5 lottery ticket worth nearly $200,000 has been sold in san rafael. california lottery tickets say it was purchased on fourth street. a lottery officials says the winner is yet to come forward but has 180 days from the date of the drawing. they encouraged winners to sign the back of their tickets and keep them in a place. >>> one of san francisco's painted homes known as the painted ladies has sold for $900,000 less than its asking price. the home, across from al apollo square park, was put on the market in 2010, taken off, and relisted this past march. it sold for 3 .1 million dollars. >>> from coins to cold hard cash the plans to make

attorney melinda haag of the northern district of california, assistant attorney general leslie r. the justice department's criminal division, special agent in charge david j. johnson of the fbi's san francisco field office, and special agent in charge josÉ m. martinez of the san francisco office of the internal revenue service, criminal investigation. >> reporter:as part of today's operation, the fbi seized the domain names sfredbook.com http:/sfredbook.com and myredbook.com http:/myredbook.com , which were allegedly operated by omuro, with lanoce's assistance, to facilitate prostitution in the san francisco bay area and region of the united states. >> reporter:a san francisco- based escort website was shut down by thethe irs today, according to a notice now replacing the homepage of myredbook.com. >> reporter:the website was used for free listings for servicesmassage parlors, strippers, dominatrixes and escorts throughout the western u.s. >>"this domain name is subject to both civil and criminal forfeiture," the fbi wrote in its notice. "this seizure is based on probable >> repor

won't pay estate taxes on his $35 billion, no, he will give it to the bill and melinda gates foundationtion of the estate tax in 2000, still wanted the estate tax and said it is your patriotic duty to pay taxes. again and again we see politicians raising taxes on everybody else but avoiding them in their personal lives and it really is not a great way to go. stuart: i can not spell it but i know hypocrisy when i see it. thanks. now this. the archbishop of canterbury says the rise of social media, facebook and twitter, killing quiet reflection and distorting discussions on complex subjects. sounds like what we have been hearing from our own favorite guy who puts people on the couch, dr. keith ablow is with us now. this is right of your tree. i said earlier, i mean no disrespect it is enough to make you an episcopalian but not quite. i know you agree with him. he says all this looking at these things you can't, there is no reflective thought. i say okay, i understand that but these things are here to stay. you can't cut the law. you got to get used to demand incorporate them into your lif

about andn talk are grounded the -- andrew carnegie, and i'd refer to bill and melinda gates as our 21sty andrew carnegie. i'm now very pleased to introduce thomas, the chief of staff of the commerce department national telecommunications and information administration. he is currently on detail to the office of science and technology all of the at the white house as deputy chief technology officer for telecommunications. managerialrovides support for ah wide range of activities. he was one of the first individuals who really encouraged us to have this hearing and make it happen. welcome, tom. [applause] >> thank you. good morning everybody. thank you to imls for having this hearing. share theal thrill to dance with chairman wheeler. he is my favorite policy person and easy -- in d.c. favorite, i do work in the white house, you never know who is watching. [laughter] we are really trying to work through the connect ed program and we recognize that the real local level at the in libraries and at the other organizations represented here. my main message this morning is just to thank you for

, and i have to say when i talk about andrew carnegie when i speak we also characterized bill and melinda gates as our 21st century. at the white house as deputy chief technology officer for telecommunications. managerial and policy support for a wide range of agency activities including internet policy-making spectrum and representative -- recovery act grant program and was one of the first individuals to encourage us to have this hearing and make it happen. welcome. [applause] >> thank you. good morning. thank you for having this hearing. it is a thrill to show -- share the day as with chairman willard one of my favorite policy person's. he is doing such a great job. second favorite. i do work in the white house. you never know who is watching. so we are really trying to help your. the chairman has identified some of the ways forward, but we really recognize that the real work happens a local level. my main message of this morning is to thank you for the work the you do. for some of us this is personal. my mother was an elementary school teacher and librarian. when she retired the local

host: melinda beck reports that researchers found that autism more common among white children in theted states than other ethnic groups. showed thatch study certain immigrant children mothers might be more particularly at risk. guest: around the world, we have a unique medical system in the united states. nobody has this insurance based system. nobody is quite close to it. everyone has universal health care. a lot of countries do not want to spend time investigating the prevalence of autism because when they find out the numbers, they have to do something about it. it becomes a budget issue, an economic issue. having said that, as far as we , we have able to tell not been able to establish a prevalence of autism anywhere. the best program we have undertaken was in seoul, south korea. it was a far more sophisticated approach than the one the cdc uses in the united states and they would agree with me. they would say it is more expensive. study.paying for a cdc that isduced a result the gold standard. it is not to say that korea is more vulnerable, but the way the test was done was more

bill gates is leaving most his billions to the bill and melinda gates foundation, not his children. >d to have a sense that their own work is meaningful and important. >> i will still be buying the stock. >> reporter: it's a sentiment shared by warren buffett who gave his children billions for their charities, not themselves. >> i don't really think that as a society we want to confer blessings on generation after generation who contribute nothing to society. >> reporter: but it challenges others to do the same. through the giving pledge, more than a hundred billionaires included michael bloomberg have pledged to donate more than half their wealth to charity. hoping to change the world while teaching their own children the true meaning of success. now, sting did say if one of his children who are now aged 18 to 37 were in trouble, he would help them. but he says they don't ask for much and each have a good work ethic. as the daughter of a school teacher, that is great. if i was sting's kid, i would say maybe not. >> i love he doesn't want them to have an albatross around their neck. i