it turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. they get distracted constantly. their memory is very disorganized. recent work we've done suggests they're worse at analytic reasoning. we worry that it may be creating people who are unable to think well and carly. >> dretzin: when i got back to new york, i noticed how much i, too, fell prey to distractions. i kept catching myself in the act-- checking my email when i should have been writing a script, googling something to satisfy a random curiosity. this is affecting all of us. >> the shakespeare quote is, "we are consumed by that which we are nourished by." speaking for myself, if all i do is my email and my calendar and my searches and my... i feel great. i feel like a master of the universe, getting my calendar and my meetings and my... i just feel great. and then, it's the end of the day-- i've been busy all day and i haven't thought about anything hard. i mean, the point is... the point of it is to be our most creative selves, not to distract ourselves to death. >> dretzin: i

. >>> you cannot multitasking and drive. >>> the dot says distractions are a danger. >>> the uss iowa now and its permanent home in los angeles. it left richmond two weeks ago and in southern california for two weeks or so. it sailed to berth 87 in san pedro the warship will become a floating museum starting next month. if you are thinking of adopting a at tomorrow could be your day. the adoption of the way it did more than 80 places in alameda county costa and san francisco. anne mackovic reports it could be a chance to bring a friend home. >>> she is beautiful >>> the beginning of a new life for madison and the dog going home with her new friend, lisa. >>> for each happy new pet owner, theirs a wagging tail to match. >>> her name is kiowa but i do not know what my daughter sat in store and >>> we are waiting for a second cat this is perfect >>> in all animals adopted for free this weekend for each animal adopted the ship shelter gets between $500 to $2,000 from addis fund a charity started by a billionaire businessman dave tough field. when i was relatively poor i promised her if we

. >> multitasking, you can't do that and drive i don't think. >> reporter: the dot agrees and says dashboard distractions are a growing danger. mark strassmann, cbs news, colchester, connecticut. >> axelrod: the girl scouts of merrimacked their centennial today with a jamboree on the national mall. organizers say it's the largest gathering of girl scouts ever, some 200,000 in all, from every state around the world. russia's maria sharapova made tennis history today. sharapova completed a career grand slam after capturing the women's singles title at the french open. she defeated italy's sara errani 6-3, 6-2 and collapsed to the clay in victory, overwhelmed at becoming just the tenth woman ever to win all four major tennis tournaments. the third jewel in horse racing's triple crown, the mile and a half belmont stakes in new york, went to union ration, who came from behind to win. the derby and preakness winner "i'll have another" was scratched and retired yesterday after being injured. ahead, reunited 40 years after the photo that shocked the world. that story is next. good insurance. yup, i'

. >> women are great multitaskers. >> that's what they tell me. >> what are we going to do? >> that one thing tomorrow. we'll see you tomorrow night. have a great night everybody. >> have a good one.

you can multitask yourselves. but the point is, we should not be spending money on the gary corridor without some do deliberations. we saw that when money was spent on the market street. small businesses were compensated. when money was spent on church street, 85% of businesses, we lost 85% of the businesses. we do not know what will happen on van ness. we know that the central subway businesses are hurting. thank you. supervisor wiener: is there any additional public comment? seeing no one, public comment is closed. this is an informational item. yes, it is. ok. please call item no. 6. >> item number six, introduction of new items. supervisor wiener: i see no information -- introduction of new items. seeing no public comment, the item is closed. item number seven? >> public comment. supervisor marsupervisor wienern public comment. >> once again, for 45 years i have focused on infrastructure. it was a key role. now we see a lot of money has expanded on the van ness corridor and central subway. for those who are di

ok, i can't multitask either. >> thank you very much, sir. >> hi, i'm lawrence lee from the lower eight. thank you so much for listening to our community. redwoast keep our immunity together. moving the southern border to herman street was a big improvement, and really want to thank you for holding that. that keeps our commercial corridors all in one district. one more request is to consider moving 55 laguna into district five. the reason for that, first of all there's no population change would occur with that. and the second reason is we have been working many hours, working with the developers and mercy housing on including affordable housing, and right now we're working on an issue making sure that intergrates well with our community. there are some design issues that we're working with. already, in the last few months we've met twice, we continue to be working on this, and really the issue is to really intergrate that property into our neighborhood. and into our community. and therefore we feel that it is part of our community and it would be great to include that in district five.

i can multitask. >> oh, my allergies are acting up. makes my eyes water. >> turn it down. i'm trying to drive. >> sun's pretty bright. do you want my sunglasses? >> no, i can see pretty good. >> by the way, if you're a regular viewer of "teen kids news," you might have recognized a few of the actors. they're some of the teens who are reporters on our program. >> well, this was a lot different because usually i am in front of the camera reporting an event. >> i loved pretending to get ready for prom, because i haven't had a prom yet, so it was fun. >> it was so much fun playing a character instead of reporting like i usually do. >> if you want to watch the complete video, check out the link on our website. and if you're going to prom, have fun, but be safe. keep yourself in the picture. for "teen kids news," i'm scott. >> we'll be right back with more "teen kids news." >> so, don't go away. .. soft... and totally irresistible. your lip butter? likewise. new revlon® colorburst™ lip butter. a hydrating buttery balm for baby soft lips in 20 shiny colors. >> did you know that s

. >> hinojosa: (laughs) so not multitasking? >> well, that too, on occasion. >> hinojosa: but fascinating, even though you devote your life to understanding communication, democracy, literacy, access, you are not one of those people who is on facebook, on twitter, communicating all the time with the masses. >> well, one of the reasons i have time to do the other things is that i'm not on facebook and communicating with an amorphous mass of people who, you know, distract your attention from what you may think is more important. >> hinojosa: so those of us who are, for example, in the media and who are feeling quite challenged in terms of reaching all of these audiences, especially in the public media... what are you saying to us, in terms of audiences and reaching them? are you saying, "look, you're going about it the right way," or do we need to stop and reconfigure? >> well, i think we need to value our personal time. what we have in common as human beings is a 24-hour day. that's probably the greatest resource that anyone has.

it helps them multitask and on high alert. but anxiety is difficult for most people.e diagnosed with anxiety disorders every year. >> here is a look outside it, mt. tam cam. the club clouds as opposed to roll back and this evening. -- the clouds are going to be coming back this evening. >>justine: and and the defense the jerry sandusky trial-the court has researchers recessed for today. the closing arguments and jury deliberations will begin to mark. you have more on the story coming up at 930. >>mark: and and we're keeping eyes on wall street. we're watching the winners and losers today. >>rob: >>mark: we say that housing is a loser. >>rob: we have a crop incredibly low rates. but no one is qualifying for loans. a cash deal will be acceptable a lot faster than 10 percent down. we have affordable housing competition from low-priced, it at and investors are snapping them up. it is a mixed market. i think we are putting in a bottom this year and the hereafter. >>mark: winners what about gas prices. people think that is a conspiracy that refineries there been shut down a

. >> it allows you to have a perspective on the road while multitasking. >> you get drawn in like a tunnel vision mindset when you taxed. i do not do it anymore. >> they are not calling for a complete ban on cell phones and cars. but the national highway transportation art. rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 5:00, reaction to a picture generating a lot of buzz online. >> the local school jurisdiction that made some spelling mistakes on high-school graduation diplomats said. >> some people drove hours to get here to the new c >> and marilyn's newest casino is drawing a huge crowd then anne arundel county. >> this was the scene when they opened the doors for the first time natasha barrett went to see what the draw was. >> it is the first full day at the new casino. crowds have been coming in all day long driving hours to get here. there are some people who came as far away from the work all the way to north carolina. not even open 24 hours and they live casino counts 10,000 people who visited last night. >> this is my second night here. i have not won yet but i wil

. >> moms are worth more than that, yes. " there are more efficient as far as picking up multitasking. i tend to agree with that. >> not everyone we spoke with a grade. >> the think it is more equal? >> may be equal, yes. >> ok. so we go out on that, may be equal. people disagree about who is working harder and how much that is worth. the survey does not take into consideration job satisfaction and happiness. the story is very happy despite all the work. >> i think you totally undervalued the work on the barbecue grill. that is worth a lot more. >> not for every dead. >> only if you are good at it. -- not for every dad. >> an important story for everyone with an older parent or grandparent. a problem is affecting the elderly. >> you are watching abc 7 is it 5:00 with leon harris, alison starling doug hill weather, and tim brant sports. >> gambling and the future of casinos and the ripple effect it could have their of the region. lawmakers are crunching the numbers over a proposal to build a casino at the national harbour. >> a meeting examine how it could impact the maryland live casi

multitasking at its best, talking on the phone and catches a souvenir. >>> hole in ones are rare in golf. double eagles even more rare. nick watney on the par 5 17th gets the perfect roll. watney obviously excited about the results didn't win the tournament, but certainly won't forget that shot any time soon. >>> finally, david nalbandian let his temper get the best of him, and boy, did he pay the price. kicks the box in front of the line june and nails the judge in the shin. the line judge can't believe it and nalbandian stands there stunned. the outburst would cost him the queen's club match by default and fined a hefty $1,000, in case you missed it, you have now seen it all. >>> well, naturally we have to ask the biggest tennis player at the desk, have you ever kind a line judge? >> i would be playing soccer if i had that kick. he should sign up for dc united. he felt terrible, he obviously had not idea what he's doing. >> he's a hothead. >> he does have a reputation for doing that in the past. >> so it wasn't an accident. >> well, accident kicking him. >>> up next "news4 at 5:00" an

ron growls at gizmos on your dashboard >> multitasking, you cannot do that while you drive >> the dots and says that it is a growing danger. >> coming up, one more look at today's top stories. ,,,,,,,, >> here is a look at this morning's top stories >> everyone is ok after a small plane made an emergency landing on an golf course yesterday. it looks like the plane lost power in came short of a runway at buchanan field. >> the sentencing hearing for edwin ramos is set for tomorrow. he has been convicted of first- degree murder in the shooting deaths of anthony bologna and his sons >> parts of the bay area are dealing with a red flag warning in effect right now. the fire board will meet tomorrow to decide how many firefighters to let go and which stations to close >> gov. scott walker is on face the nation coming up in a few minutes on cbs five >> meanwhile our news continues on to c.w. network. allot coming up on channel 44 cable 12 starting in a couple of minutes at 830 >> a last look at the weather has warmed to hot conditions ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an

>> that's called multitasking.the thing about snoop, he finds inspiration everywhere he looks. >> apple computers have been holding their yearly worldwide developers conference in san francisco and on monday they unveiled a slew of exciting new things including updated mac book pro with a new operating system for the ipad and the iphone and it has new features. they have turn by turn navigation and a do not disturb mode where your phone will take messages but won't ring and another new feature that's the most areasful of all especially if light of all the nude cell phone images showing up online lately. >> send the picture i just took to david. >> i'm sorry, courtney i'm afraid i can't do that. >> what are you talking about, just send it now. >> no [bleep]ing way. >> i don't care. send it now you bitch. >> you're off bitch and you look like a whore with your boob hanging out. you think dave wants to marry a whore? go to bed. >> where's my xanax? >> i found four xanax in your mom's medicine cabinet. >> jimmy: time f

you're multitasking. now for your consideration. fumblebrag.e require specifically to understand the latest otherwise inexplicable strangeness from scott brown. running for re-election this year against elizabeth warren. this morning, here was senator brown on a local radio show in boston. >> each and every day that i've been in a united states senator, i've been ther discussing issues, meeting on issues, in secret meetings and with kings and queens and prime ministers and business leaders and military leader, talk, voting, working on issues every single day. >> you do what? what do you do in secret? >> i've been either discussing issues, meeting on issues in secret meetings with kings and queens and prime ministers. >> it's a brag. i'm very important. i meet with royalty. kings, queens, prime ministers even secretly. but it's also a fumble because what in god save the queen's name are you talking about? a few hours after that interview aired, senator brown's spokesman clarified his boss' brag saying, quote, general brown was referring generall

contraception, and he multitasked, while he was doing that himself, the campaign was paying for the keynote speech for the for a good time, call the first lady bullet riddled outhouse event, that's what mitt romney did as the republican party's nominee for president. with him dragging around all this stuff on the right, why aren't the democrats making sure the cans that are tied to his bumper make some noise? why aren't they making him answer for that? if the democrats did hold him responsible for the right wing of his party which he does not disavow and courts in every way, would the beltway explode from what should be their obvious advantage here? joining us now is frank rich, new york magazine writer at large, his latest article is called "nuke 'em." nk, it's gre here. >> great to be with you. >> democrats are amused by the way republicans cannot disavow even the craziest stuff on the right wing of republican politics. do democrats ever stop laughing about it and use it against them? >> you would wish. that's, in the piece, i go back to the goldwater campaign, with johnson, they used it

forget multitasking, that will have seed anything you do. including whatever happens.we cannot shut down the military situation, and we cannot shut down housing, we have to do what we do on a detail basis. >>neil: i am talking trillion year in and your out. we have to get our priorities. >>guest: no one is disagreeing but you say that is all we should do and i say we need to do everything. news news the house is on fire. tend to the house that is on fire. >>guest: this is part of the house being on fire. the reason we are in this situation is the economy is bad. we want to make sure it does not get worse and be in the same situation as 2008. >>neil: congressman, thank you very were. more after this. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash b

. >> air traffic controllers, as a matter of routine, multitask.ng landing clearances, take-off clearances, so the multitau)r'g on that evening would not have been unusual. it is very unusual for a controller not to remember that they have an airplane in position on a runway. >> but according to the ntsb that is exactly what happened. it turns out that the local controller simply forgot that skywest was sitting on the runway intersection. >> there were some things that were going on that did get her distracted. 1493 checked in. she looked. the runway end was clear. and it was just a human error. >> at the ntsb hearings, the air traffic controller robin washer testified that she initially thought it was an act of terrorism. >> 1493 came over the threshold. when the aircraft blew up, i assumed it was a bomb -- that the aircraft had a bomb on board, then it blew up. >> then she remembers another plane was on the runway. >> went to the ground control. and i said see if you're in contact with sky west 569. i went to the supervisor and i told her, this i

you are multitasking. now for your consideration, fumbled bragg. the strangeness of scott brown. running for reelection against elizabeth warren. here with senator brown on a show in boston. >> each and every day that i've been a united states senator, i've been discussing issues, meeting on issues, in secret meetings with kings and queens and prime ministers and business leaders and military leaders, talking, voting, working on issues every single day. >> what are you doing in secret? >> discussing issues, meeting on issues, in secret meetings with kings and queens and prime ministers. >> it's a bright, i am very important. i am meeting with royalty. but it is also a fumble because what in god's name are you talking about? a few hours after that interview aired, a spokesman clarified his bride. senator brown was referring generally to private meetings with foreign domestic leaders. really? private meetings with kings and queens? he missed spoke when he said queens and kings. this is not scott brown's first time. a few months after he became a sena

beck, beck, beck is is stan guy and what did he give a speech on evils of contraception and he multitasked. while he was doing that his campaign was paying for a campaign sfeech at a for a good time call the first lady outhouse event. that's what mitt romney did as the republican party's nominee for president. with him dragging this stuff behind him as he runs for president, why aren't the democrats making sure the cans tied to his bumper make some noise? why aren't they making him answer for that? if the democrats held them kth accountable for the right wing of his own party which he courts in every way, would the beltway explode from the democrats being so audacious as to press what really ought to be their obvious advantage here? joining us is frankch latest ar "nuke'em. why negative ads are essential and sometimes even artistic. good to be with you. >> democrats are amused by the way republicans can not disavow even the craziest stuff on the right wing of republican politics. do they actually ever use it against them. >> you wish. in the piece i go back to the goldwater campaign. with

. >> reporter: multitasker and master of her craft.the field and behind the lens to learn how to see things from her point of view. so, we decided to come to the washington monument because this is someplace and something that has been photographed thousands and thousands of times. >> yep. >> reporter: i need you to help me figure out what makes it different. i want to know how you see things and what actually you see when you look through the camera lens. >> well, the joy of photography really is that everybody sees it slightly differently. now, isn't that interesting? i put it on the right and you put it on the left. >> reporter: wow, yeah! >> awesome. >> reporter: got it. she might be the pro, but annie loves to share what she knows. oh, that was so good! look what you did! >> all right! >> reporter: these photos might not make the cover of "national geographic" magazine, but even for annie griffiths, that's not the point. look at your face. you are having such a good time. now, this is something you've been doing for what, 25 years

it is a multitasked approach.we really have to understand the tremendous pressure that politicians are under to keep getting corporate dollars coming into them. two years ago, i really encourage you to get out there and try to get these laws changed. my son and daughter-in-law have a restaurant that uses local organic food. one of the things they have found is that most organic farms are not certified organic. they are chickens that have beautiful berries to lay in on certain farms, but they can't get certified because they don't have the money. but then the people that have money, chickens are living miserable lives even though they are certified free range. we have to change that. the we could change that is you have to go after the big corporations. we have to convince them that it is to their benefit to change this. it is to their benefits to create a better world. there were 250 ceos, i spoke of his at this dinner in new jersey, and i have to tell you, i walked into a hornets nest. most of the guys didn't wan

i spelled "fro." [ laughter ] >> i was multitasking. it will be sunny inland.e coming down. there's lower clouds towards the north bay. 31, gusting to 39 at fairfield. san jose, sunny, though, a little easterly breeze. 52 with that 39 mile-an-hour gust. t looks like a much cooler week, maybe a slight warmup inland on tuesday and wednesday and then a big drop for everybody on the temperatures. a low that was over us on thursday will eject back towards us and that will cool things down. 50s to low 90s. depending upon any proximity to the coast. 58 to 85, fog, sun, mild. here comes the cooldown. there will be a lot of local drizzle. it looks like a breezy day. >>> more than 100 people have been forced out their homes by a series of apartment fires in san mateo county. what the red cross is doing to try to house everyone. >>> and why we'll be watching the supreme court this week, a landmark ruling that could come at any moment. 3q what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a tas

multitasking, multiscreening. when researchers asked them why are you doing this?ve to watch advertisements, which is probably not great news for any of us here, but, again, my focus is let'ses look at things that actually work rather than things that can be spun politically, that seem like good fix, like we're doing something. the war against obesity seems to be all about looking good in fighting the war against obesity. >> i get the point. i guess my question is, you have 12.5 million american kids who are on obese. 17% of the population. couple that with this statistic. 1.6 billion dollars in advertising that kids are bombarded with, specifically about food and bes. when you have those two put together, how can this not be helpful if what they're going to see starting in 2015 is $1.6 billion, a portion on disney networks, will be for different food and beverages? >> again, you know, yeah, mrab. again, if you look at how this issue has been studied, you don't -- you know, one of the things australian researchers found recently is that there's a very -- the relati

researchers say a moderate amount of anxiety keeps people on their toes which helps them multitask and put them on high alert to solve potential problems. but balancing anxiety is rather difficult for most people. about 40 million american adults are diagnosed with anxiety disorder every year. >>> mongolian authorities want some tie ran sauris bones returned. they filed a complaint against the u.s. to get some bones back. they are 70 million years old and complete almost a fu tie ran souris skeleton. they were brought into u.s. customs claiming they were worth $15,000 and originated in england. >>> happy hour could be returning to the city of hayward. since 2006, the city has banned happy hour and live music at full service restaurants. but today the city council is discussing whether or not to lift that ban. the proposal is for a six-month trial period. restaurants would be able to serve alcohol at reduced prices from 4-9 as long as they offered reduced price non-alcoholic drinks and appetizers. we don't know the outcome of today's meeting because it obviously hasn't happened yet. >>>

eric holder and the department of justice, they can multitask.g the selective prosecution of the new black panther party, that voter intimidation. we see an attorney general who has contempt for due process. selective prosecutions of sanctuary cities. megyn: he may or may not. i'm focused on this messaging. what's behind it. >> preemptive narrative, thursday when you have the vote potentially. we have the decision on obama-care. so they need a change. you want to see the race narrative ramped up? wait until thursday when the decisions come down. both of them. megyn: even though i yell at you, you know i love. >> i'll yell at him. megyn: don't send me any emails about alan. imagine your neighborhood is being overrun by giant rodents and there is nothing you can do about it because the federal government is standing in your way. that's not good. you will have to hear this story to believe tonight three minutes. a little league catcher is being sued for half a million dollars after he accidentally hit a woman in the face with a ball. that's in "kell

we have added multitask channels on our signals now. i would disagree with mr. ergon that is not being used in a constructive way to advance the interest of local television. >> how would you respond to concerns some parties have raised about the impact of coordination and consolidation on retransmission consent negotiations? >> speaking for our company we negotiate only on behalf of the own stations of the hearst corporation. others have pulled their consent and negotiations and have created bundles, i believe in most cases people have been smart enough to acknowledge they have to break up a bundle. mr. ergon wants to buy a station where we have a duopoly. i will sell him kcra separately. >>i think the problem is that local broadcasters, there are a government sponsored monopoly. nobody can bring that signal into the marketplace today. it is an unfair fight. i will give you one example in wyoming where one individual that their rights to negotiate for the three broadcast networks and wyoming. there was either no local networks and cheyenne or you had to pay wha

the word multitasking should be eliminated. time and not doing either one well. it just takes -- having less, doing less. taking time to breathe. taking time to look inward. that's something that is just lost for everyone. >> we have not judged male leader who is have been bad parents in the same way. it is really hard for me to hear, for example, the idea that martin luther king jr. was a great father. i mean, he was an amazing human being and an incredible civil rights leader, but he was probably a pretty absent-minded dad. after all, it's okay because he changed the world. >> we asked all kinds of questions about sarah palin and very few about barack obama. >> or john mccain who abandoned his family, right? and he left his family just as newt gingrich did. we don't like to talk about it. ronald reagan, the guys walk away from the family and we don't have the conversation. >> one of the things i love about your book is you're reading sarah palin, because on the show before, i certainly don't agree with her politically -- >> n