rebecca had printed. one was from a man with an unusual screen name. >> he had a screen name. i believe it was cowboyforyou67. >> the printout showed that rebecca and cowboyforyou 67 were exchanged over the internet. hers were more modest than his. >> he attached a ruler right next to his penis. >> you could tell rebecca was trying real hard. she was lonely. >> investigators were fairly certain these e-mails were from the man with rebecca and fred at the bar on the night of their murders. >> this is my ten-inch cowboy is how i think she referred to him at the bar. certainly a material witness to perhaps the last hour or hours of the lives of fred and rebecca barney. >> the cowboy had also provided this picture, but since he was wearing sunglasses, there was no way to identify hymn. investigators turned to the tulsa police cyber crimes unit. >> i'd venture to say every crime that occurs these days probably has a digital component. there's probably going to be some kind of communication on the internet or c

we had no fingerprints, tire tracks, footwear, nothing. >> everyone who worked with rebecca said sheade a point of having no personal relationships with any of the club's patrons. >> she would leave the club and not have anything to do with it outside of what she did there for her employment. >> dozens of interviews were conducted. no clear suspects emerged. >> we focused on the club whether it was a customer or not. but there wasn't any altercation between her and any of the dancers. >> when investigators in ralphie, north carolina found rebecca's mail in drew planten's apartment they called lansing investigators with the news. they said if you have a .45 caliber handgun please let me know. he says we got two. i said keep them. planten's two .45 caliber guns were test fired. analysts were especially interested in the marks on the shell casings. imperfections from the fin are on the pin of the shell casing and each are unique to each one made. when the shell casing was compared to the shell casing from drew planten's gun. the results were unmistakable. >> some very well define parall

sot- rebecca rosenblatt/san mateo county sheriff's office and, deputy rebecca rosenblatt with the saneo county sheriff's office says those men, all holding silver semi- automatic handguns, pointed the weapons at four employees and demanded cash. sot- rebecca rosenblatt/san mateo county sheriff's office thankfully, no one was hurt and no customers were inside. sot- lucia sanchez/trader joe's shopper this is not something we expected at this trader joe's. sot- kathy warne/trader joe's by thursday afternoon, the store on el camino real called-in reed brothers security to re-key the locks. sot- robert ferguson/reed brothers security however, it seems the problem may have started by the store not being secured after closing. sot- rebecca rosenblatt/san mateo county sheriff's office trader joe's declined to comment on the incident. meanwhile, the sheriff's office continues to look for the armed robberers. last seen wearing hooded sweatshirts, gloves, black pants and bandanas to cover their faces. in san carlos, philippe djegal, kron four news. coming up: sex assaults on campus. the federal

. >> back home in british columbia, rebecca, six months pregnant was taking care of their two year old son jefferson who liked to pretend he was rowing too. >> row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily -- >> you never had any worries that catastrophe would befall them. >> i did initially. this is a dinghy in the middle of the atlantic. it could flip. i was always told by all the guys that was a very unfounded concern. >> that's what the rowers thought. but the ocean never makes guarantees. >> the crew and their families were about to learn that almost nothing on this journey would go as planned. when we come back tensions grow on board. >> you won't get it in your head. >> and trouble grows at sea. >> it's a lot more difficult tor me than i thought it was going to be. >> we got hit by a pretty big wave today. and it snapped an oar in two. >> we are in a very serious situation. the comforting scent of snuggle fresh linen you love, again, he's sitting in my chair. uh-huh! anytime you want it. part of the air wick familiar favorites collection. also available in ci

we will speak with rebecca " men, author of explain things to me." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a california man has killed seven people including himself after posting a video to youtube saying he was seeking retribution against all women for rejecting his sexual advances. elliot rodger's stabbed three people to death at his apartment friday before driving to her sorority house at the university of california santa barbara where he killed two women outside. he drove through town continuing to fire on pedestrians before dying of what authorities call a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the day before the attack, he posted a chilling video saying girls"ned to attack "you for what he called the crime of not being attracted to him. >> the day bridge abuse and, i'm going to enter the hottest sorority house of ucsd. and i will slaughter every single spoiled him a stuck up blonde slut i see inside there. >> rodgers misogynist comments sparked a viral response on twitter with well over one million tweets. among those skilled in

rebecca hanson -- rebecca rose woodland, heather hanson. thanks. >> thanks, jon.have not had that happen. i guess you haven't either. jenna: no, thankfully. jon: i used to keep aquarium fish, saltwater aquarium fish. they're great to have, but a lot of them do come from the wild, you know. they're tough to breed in captivity, a lot of them. and so they have to pull them off of reefs and, i don't know. jenna: i think we'll be checking over our shoulder a little bit if we're doing any diving after seeing seeing that. we'll keep you posted what will happen with that story. >>> warnings will be posted for u.s. airports for people coming in from the middle east amid concerns about the spread of this mers virus. two hospital workers in florida becoming sick after coming in contact with a patient that had the virus. jonathan scary is live in atlanta with the latest on this. >> reporter: hi, jenna. one of those hospital workers had been hospitalized himself and the other was quarantined at home awaiting test results. we have breaking news to tell you though. those results

and in tennessee, rebecca lennard is running for the second time, but again, that is not likely to happen. that is it for this edition of "daily rundown." your campaign headquarters. up next is chris jansing. bye-bye. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins and watching the heavy rain moving out of texas today, a it is going to drench areas from arkansas to louisiana, but the best chance of any flooding today is in east texas. we will see the storms early today from the areas of chicago right through the great lakes. and later this evening, we could see a few of the storms trying to dive down to washington, d.c. and the west coast, a heat wave develops for you. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! he's a selling machine!

plus we have rebecca. >> we've had a lot of flash flood aring in places. wind so strong.nd that's coming up next. fp the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >> good evening and welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city i'm morgan radford with a look at tonight's stories. more than 35 million ukrainians went to the polls to vote for a new president. petro poroshenko ahead in the vote. the official count is due tomorrow. >>> troops in afghanistan. bringing along country music singer brad past paisley one ofy favorites. telling the troops the war in afghanistan will end responsibly at the end of next year. >>> pope francis made a surprise visit to the wall that separates bullpen mafi

rebecca, followi >> rebecca, following up on that, you called it humiliating for her. >> i think it was designed in some way to humiliate her, to make it clear that she was canned. now there's reporting being done that says she chose to be fired and not to resign, but the wording in the sendoff that solzberger gave her, she's a historical figure. she's the first female editor at the "new york times." this is a major event, and her departure after only two and a half years deserved much more of a respectful sendoff, a sort of cataloging of what her achievements have been, whatever t the failings have been, the reasons for firing. >> let's talk about her management skills because both of you brought up whether she had management failings. you wrote that piece about a year ago that people now look at and say it was prescient, that you were the first to identify some of the problems. what were they, according to your sources? >> sure. there was a feeling certainly among a large portion of the staff that she could be difficult to work with. that she could be brusque, is one word that was use

we have tom and rebecca here with us.om, the question is the public safety exception which the lawyers are pointing to the prosecution saying we have the right to talk to him without his attorney present because we were worried about further danger to society. does it hold water? i don't think it does. the conditions on the public safety exception have to do is imminent danger and officer safety or public at large. obviously the boston bombing was a threat. but remember, the defendant was arrested four days later. at that point, that exigency disa pated. >> i don't agree in this case. he was arrested after a very long battle to find him and battle where his brother ended up dead after shooting at police officers and he was found in a boat bleeding. i don't think he had or law enforcement had a true understanding at the point whether or not they had planted other bombs or a further process or idea to hurt people that could be imminent. >> rebecca, how big of a deal is this to the case? say they throw out the note that was

y'all show some love for rebecca taylor! [cheers and applause] >> hi!so you had to pull some moves out to get this ipad. >> i did. >> what kind of moves you got, rebecca? >> well, i mean, i had to do this move... >> of course; the one. >> which, i think, everybody knows. i can't do it on tv, though, 'cause i'm not beyonce. she owns that. >> so, but then, you had oth

if you have any questions rebecca and i would be happy to address them. >> thank you very much. if there are no questions or comments we'll move to public comment. i have two comment cards, sally stevens an nancy stafford. please come on up. if anyone else wants to speak there are public comment cards in the front you can fill out. >> hi, my name is sally stevens and i'm here today wearing two hats, one is the chair of animal commission and one is the chair of sf dog and both hats encourage you to support animal care and control. the animal control welfare commission voted earlier in month to send the letter of support for acc that i just gave to you have also included a letter from commissioner sherry o'neil who could not be here today emphasizing the important role that acc plays in preparing for and responding to di sasers. sasers. in addition i have numerous letters, together we represent thousands and thousands of dog owners and guardians and we all urge you to support this budget proposal and support animal care and control. it's underfunded and understood staffed and has

. >> reporter: rebecca morris is a prominent, contemporary artist with a career spanning the last 20. her paintings can be viewed in galleries and museums around the globe, including in los angeles and in munich, germany. and if you google her, immediately images of her work and links to interviews appear. but prior to march of this year she didn't have a wikipedia page. some say this is a small example of a very large problem. the lack of female representation and participation on wikipedia. >> we want to increase the number of win. but just increasing the number of women isn't necessarily going to improve the fact that content is skewed. >> reporter: adrian was a dedicated wikipediaen as a volunteer editor. >> i am one of the contributors. >> reporter: and being a female editor put her on a very short list. a study published by the organization that runs wikipedia discovered that less than 13% of contributors are women. the same study found that the average contributor is male and in his mid-20s. >> voices and perspectives are being left out. >> reporter: she first started editing

george. >> really, rebecca? i promise you. >> you do? >> all right. the first layer is always shape wear. you have to have the right type. >> it is so important, but so many women have trouble with it because it is uncomfortable or doesn't do its job. we have two new finds that are cool and innovative. the first is hooked up. hooked up shape wear, totally new in the market. you know when you want to cover the tummy, but the shape wear tends to roll down and you show off your muffin top? not the case here. it has these little hooks. all around. and they will hook to your bra. whichever bra you love and you slr in your wardrobe, you can add this to it. >> the back. >> we have photos. >> we have before and afters the company sent to us. it stays up there. it tames the tummy and keeps it smooth, nice smooth silhouette. okay. now we have got to talk about taming this area that we all love, the hips, the love handles. some products can be a little heavy and feel too tight. this is from maiden form. it is their weightl

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here's abc's rebecca jarvis for our series "easy money." >> hi. >> hey. >> hi, julie. >> nice to meetou, julie. >> reporter: meet aaron chase, the $5 dinner mom. she is on a mission to help american families eat well and save thousand of dollars while doing it. a family like the kings. working mom, julie, two little kids, max and lily, and husband andrew. she hardly has enough time for a conversation. >> i am going to get you. much less getting dinner on the table every night for her family. >> here. >> a lot of times the kids end up eating pb & j. as for the veggies. >> i don't want green beans. >> come down the mountain. >> reporter: by 8:00 p.m. the kids are in bed and julie and andrew give up on cooking. and order pizza. >> extra large, extra cheese, well done, please. >> reporter: here is the real problem. they go grocery shopping all the time but they're too busy to cook. how much time are you spending grocery shopping? >> probably a good, two, three hours a week by the time you put all the different trips together. >> that is a lot. >> it is. it is silly. it's what happens. >>

rebecca.john it is that time of year that meteorologists get excited, risk-seeking americans do too. around the atlanta it's time oget boards ready to put over the windows once again as we go into a season that's actually been forecast nea below or near normal. last year we had a number of hurricanes forecast and we didn't end up with much of anything. keep in mind we could have a devastating tornado or tornado spond by lurkz. water temperatures nice and warm getting primed and ready. 80° mark, lines show they get warmer heading towards equator. around the gulf of mexico, especially from the west of cuba to the florida coastline, to the atlantic or up the texas coast. what we're seeing is somewhat quiet conditions. we've got a forecast of el nino developing and we've heard el nino does not help hurricanes get very strong. however, that doesn't mean it won't lap. as we look at what's going on now, we have a development we're keeping an eye on outside the yucatan peninsula. it's still sometime t

rebecca morel, bbc news, scotland. the program to a close.ind out much more of the day's news on our website. from all of us here at "world news america," thank you for watching. have a great weekend, and happy mother's day sunday. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, kovler foundation, united health care, union bank, and charles swab. >> there's a saying around here -- you stand behind what you say. around here, you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. i know you'll still find it when you know where to look. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> sreenivasan: russian president vladimir putin celebrated his country's m

abc's rebecca jarvis with the revelation. >> reporter: online the marketers are changing the price in flash. to capitalize on how much they think you are willing to pay. >> we're looking under the hood. you can kind of see what they said about you. >> wow. >> reporter: we discovered they're putting you into consumer categories with names like shopping addicts. frugal folks and high spenders and using this to offer the price they think you'll pay. they're gauging it be where you live, what you buy. estimating how much money you make. all the information collected from your history on the internet. we decided to put it to the test. two "world news" producers. one pack of pens on staples.com. the price on her computer. >> $15.19. >> the price on his. >> $13.79. >> more than a dollar less. >> reporter: and take a look at this. "world news" viewers from all over the country getting a variety of different prices for those same pens. >> the price is $13.09. >> $15.19 in california. >> reporter: staples tells us if you find a lower price, they will match it. >> it's a pretty wide web and a lo

as abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis tells us families are finding ways to get paid rightin the living room. it adds up to real money. >> reporter: michelle morse is a stay-at-home mom of two in la -- and right now, you're watching her make money for her family by watching tv. >> so are you getting paid to watch tv? >> yep, sure am. >> reporter: michelle works with a company called viggle. they pay you to watch certain programs and commercials and it's open to anyone with a tv and a smartphone. >> it's something you can do with your kids. >> can totally do it with my children. helps me bring money in so we can do different things. >> reporter: michelle has earned enough to renovate their kitchen from this to this. across town -- >> hi, tina. >> tina fawn is another of the three million americans working from home. answering customer questions for care.com. a nanny, elder and pet care placement site. top earners make about $30,000 a year. >> can anybody do it? >> anybody can do it. anybody. >> anybody can do this. anybody could do this. it is the best job ever. >> hi, ryan.

we also welcome her husband david lauren and rebecca miller. thank you for being here today. i think that mayor bridges' three children have traveled across from the country to be with him today. we are very happy they could join us today. thank you. [applause] we are honored by the presence of several members of the bush family. president bush's sister, nancy bush-alice is here today. here today. and nancy lack. er husband thomas black. you have made this a very special occasion for all of us. [applause] extend like to expand -- a special welcome to our current and former public officials who have joined us today. congresswoman donna edwards of maryland. somebody who needs no this libraryat since he is responsible for much of its success. my predecessor and for ms. u.s. senator -- former u.s. senator paul perl. olympiaer senator snowe. former governor johnson a new of new hampshire who was resident bush's white house chief of staff. you special personal thank to former transportation secretary andy card who served president bush and that role is white house chief of staff. i

these aimed at young americans and abc's rebecca jarvis has the story. >> reporter: for years doctors have urged the u.s. government to take action on tanning beds, but tonight for the first time, new rules. tanning beds must now carry a visible warning, cautioning anyone under 18 not to use them. >> we as dermatologists have been trying to deal with this issue for the last 20 years with the fda. >> reporter: the tanning industry calls the rules exce excessive and say their products, if used properly, are safe. 1 million americans tan every day, especially young people. in fact, by 12th grade, 32% of girls say they've used a tanning bed. using an indoor tanning salon increases the risk of melanoma, the deadliest of all skin cancers by 59%. katie is a survivor, she started tanning when she was in 6th grade. >> i thought there's no way as a 17-year-old i can have melanoma. >> reporter: a 2012 "20/20" investigate of tanning salons showed many salon worker denying their machines can be harmful, even claiming it's good for you. >> it's the same as being outside. if you got a sunburn in her

rebecca k. morrow. martha hawthorne. melda [speaker not understood]. gina alman. [speaker not understood]. >>> hi, my name is gary kutz, i'm a tech in psych [speaker not understood]. i came today because i feel it's important that people notice -- or people know that the staffing and the assault ratios have been coming up quite a bit in the last couple of years. and we're down to one unit, one acute unit. we used to have four not too many years ago. we have one now, and part of the problem is the other unit that remains [speaker not understood] has been changed to a subacute unit. what that means is the patients have got 7b, they get transferred to 7c when they get better. we place them in the streets or in a hotel or bed and care. merrily we go along. what's happened is we have such a heavy load of severely troubled psychiatric patients, the acute ward 7b is getting overwhelmed with high acuity patients. and unfortunately that's falling over to 7c now. it's very difficult to explain this whole arrangement and i was kicking myself trying to figure out how best to

in new york, rebecca traifter of the "new republic" magazine.let me begin with you, marie, tell me what the issues are as you see it in the much-discussed firing? >> i think there are a set of issues, obviously, around jill, and what happened at the "new york times," and that has been much discussed and much reported and i think probably much more to come. i think for me and many of the people that i've been speak welcome and hearing from in the last several days, there is this looming question about where women stand in this industry. when i became editor of the "chicago tribune" in 2001, there were quite a number of us, and a growing number of us, who were holding the senior-most leadership positions in newsrooms. we used to have a dinner once a year, actually, and we could actually fill a dinner taib of those of us who were doing this work and now with jill's dismissal we have no women lead anything newspapers in the top 10 markets. and in the top 25 we have only two. and so i think this question of whether women in journalism is not just a q

for more on the national forecast turn to rebecca stevenson. more on that. >> southwest staying in drought conditions. dry weather is not for everyone of we have a line of thunderstorms tracking through texas right now. these have been spawning the possibility of tornados along with flash flooding. the tornado warnings at this point are farther south into the west in texas. we have got the flash flooding warnings and watches in place. so much rain from this particular storm system that new mexico already by noon today. you had broken the record rainfall viabilities, not just broke it, shattered it by a few inches here with the new record at 4.39 inches of rain in rosswell. also getting quite a bit of rain and thunderstorms rolling through the northeast still as we have an area of low pressure moving out into the atlantic. more about low pressure because that's a big one sitting and spinning over the southwest. sure, it's bringing in much needed rain but it's on top of such dry conditions and a lot of areas that have dealt with wildfires. so, if

rebecca. 95%. of the country. that wil . kennedy: how far out of hand has it gotten?ave we lost perspective to the point that everyone and a hash order to have meaning? this week and after the horrific killing spree in santa barbara, hashtags started popping up as though people wouldn't be able to have an intelligent discussion about murder without the confines of social networking. the hashtags lose profundity and perspective. it seems to be about the six people who died at the hands of depraved deeply flawed human, and people waiting to hop on current events bus, put a sock in it. wait until people are laid to

rebecca. 95%. of the country.ll do it see you tomorr tomorrow. >> good evening, i am charles payne in for lou dobbs, president obama declaring that the war in afghanistan will coin collide this year, before confirming this does not mean all of our troops will issue issue -- will be returning home. >> today i would like to update the american people on the way forward in afghanistan, how this year, we will bring america's longests war to a responsible end. >> president's initial statement was a bit misleading as he told gathered media our military present in afghanistan will include 10,000 s

from washington, dylan byers and rebecca traister. me the issues in this much discussed firing. >> it is a sign of issues around jill and what happened and that has been much discussed in much -- and much reported and probably much more to come. i think for me and for many of the people i have been speaking with and hearing from in the last several days, there is this looming question about where women stand in this industry. when i became editor of the chicago tribune in 2001, there were quite a number of us and the growing number of us who were holding the seniormost leadership positions in newsrooms. we used to have a dinner once a year and we could fill a dinner table of those of us who were doing this work and were now with jill's dismissal we have no women leading any newspapers in the top 10 markets and in the two.5, we have only therink this question of whi women in journalism is a story of a lot of regression in recent years. i do think that we placed a man's -- demands on women in these roles that we may not even be consciou

rebecca stevenson is here with a check on those conditions. >> meteorologist: we're watching very dry air start to move out. things are changing and the wind is shifting. as we look at our water vapor satellite, winds shifting, bringing onshore flow, and it's brought humidity up 50% in san francisco. but still only on the coast are we seeing improvement that will aids in firefighting. we're getting the low humidities down 3%, 4%, you can see the westerly winds coming in for california, but they're also shifting into arizona. the winds are easing for california but they're increasing from a different direction. our temperature change, it's mall today, 3% for los angeles, but it's going to get greater as we go through the weekend for california, and as we get into our southwest interior, that's where temperatures will stay in the triple digits through sunday. with those winds beginning to pick up we'll look at fire weather concerns moving in for arizona and new mexico. while we get relief in some spots it brings more concern than others. incidentally, tony, the rain is going to be the i

. >> rebecca stevens joins us with more. rebecca. >> we can see moisture in the atmosphere starting to push inland because the winds have changed. no longer are they off shore, continuing to heat areas across the mountains of california but now cool marine air starting to filter in for the pacific, it is a different story when you move far inland where we're going to continue to triple digit heat in albuquerque and new mexico. parts of arizona we're going ocontinue with that heat. but you can see humidity starting to lift up along the coastline of california, inland staying in the single digits for dry tinder conditions. so what we had today was these record high temperatures into the 90s. they are cooling down slowly but surely temperatures 6° cooler than they were this time last night along the coast. las vegas is still 2° warmer than they were yesterday and they'll continue to have the heat rise over the course of the next several days. triple digit heat inland through sunday, but welcome cooling winds for parts of southe

let's talk to rebecca. why is this so dangerous?nk a toad would cause that many problems. these guys have been spotted in march. there have been lots since. the main issue, they're a relative of the cane toad. it comes from the americas, from south and central america but introduced to australia in the 1930s. initially to control pests. numbers have spiralled. there are now millions of them. they cause a huge amount of problems for local wild life in australia. the idea is it could cause a similar set of problems for the wild life in madagascar. they've got a unique set of animals there. bird, plants, mammals, things you don't find anywhere else. if these guys that are slightly venomous or toxic, animals try to eat them and drop dead. they spread disease. >> you talk about the journey, but how did this critter glet there? >> they think it might have hitchhiked on a shipping container. these toads have formed. they're hearty and can survive long journeys at sea. once open, they can hop out of the container and go about their business

let's go to rebecca stevenson with an update. >> we are seeing cooler weather and the winds diminish k. humidity is lifting as the air moves in from the west, north-west, and will continue the trend for much of the south-west. not immediately tomorrow for areas around arizona and mexico. fire weather for dry weather, gusty winds continue, especially in arizona, new mexico. we have a wind advisory for parts of southern california. temperatures raping from 97 in -- ranging from 97. a cooler 69 for los angeles. we will see the temperatures drop down through the day tomorrow and monday and tuesday, before they start to climb again, but the dry weather will stay with us, and the gusty winds are rocking as we look at laces north of palmdale. there's gusts 25-30 miles per hour. gusts are continuing to push eastwards. >> we need the wind to calm down. >> yes. >> thank you >>> san antonio mayor castro is said to be president obama's pick for housing and department. he will replace shaun donovan who takes over as director of finance and budget. the white house has not confirmed the moves. >>>

thank goodness for her parents who brushed off that assessment. 23-year-old rebecca peters received the university medal and education reporter lee ann sat down with her to talk about over coming challenges. >> when rebecca was about to enter fourth grade her parents were told their daughter had measured very low on aneurysm q test. peters who this year is uc berkeley top student only found out about it a few years ago. >> my parents were sort of laughing to themselves. i asked what is so funny? they just said it's funny that someone who was told they couldn't read at the college level they had been told that is about to be admitted to public university. >>reporter: her parents bought on pushing to enroll her in advanced classes. peters has pursued everything in life with the same kind of intensity. >> the classes i think i work hardest in i find myself engaged and courses that topic wouldn't come easily to me. >> she earned a 3.98 grade point afternoon. the university medal also given to students whose idea benefit others. >> the latino community are impacted. >>reporter: she worked sa

. >>> and rebecca with the weather. what can we insect. >> there's thunder storms in different areas of the country. i'll show you where that is happening - coming up next. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford with a look at the top stories. president obama on a surprise visit to afghanistan, telling u.s. troops that america's war will come to a responsible end by the end of this year. obama said he made the 13-hour trip to thank the troops for their service. >>> and more than 35 million ukrainians took to the polls to vote for the country's next president. the latest polls show pro-european billionaire petero poroshenko with a decisive lead. he appears to have more than 55% of the total vote, and that is ahead of his competitors by more than 40%. >>> plus, pope francis is in jerusalem after an historic trip to the birthplace of jesus christ. the pontiff held a mass in bethlehem outside the church of nativity. later he made is a surprise visit to the wall separating bethlehe

rebecca stevenson is here with that. >> the gulf of mexico is quiet. it's popping up in the eastern pacific. we are not used to seeing these in the pacific. it's south of mexico. you can see the storm developing an eye. it's the first hurricane of the season. we see the thunder storms rotating and the bands swinging up, going into mexico. we are looking at this because last year we had so much rain fall. weather caused all kind of problems for this area of mexico, and this is where we get the leems. >> look at the prices of limes at the qfc, and you'll see good prices and it's in part because we get about 97% of our limes in the united states from this particular area. so here we have storms beginning to brew, and the national hurricane center putting out a prediction for a near or above normal season expected for the pacific. for the atlantic, the gulf of mexico. because of ocean conditions, temperatures look like they could have a near or below formal season. nonetheless, it's a lot of moisture coming up, causing a lot of instability, and we have low

rebecca stevenson is back. it couldn't come soon enough. >> we'll enjoy the cool down.e have the east coast with heat and humidity. now we have cooler text doors in the way of frost advisories popping up for the mid atlantic, including ohio, virginias, and the carolinas. we are seeing plenty of showers pop up all along the eastern slops of the rockies, and the colorado, and wyoming. in fact, south-west of shian, they have been reporting good sized hail. much of the shower has been created by an area of low pressure. just offshore of washington and oregon. this is the big pressure that will be moving in. as it does so temperatures will go down, trending downwards from washington into oregon and california. definitely is good thing for firefighters with the wind changing direction. we had the westerly wind bring in humidity, getting things less dry, more moist. looking at the radar and clouds, you can see the showers and the storm skirting through south-east wyoming. in the south-west - while we had the cooling los angeles 75, inland there's tripple digit heat. tomorrow w

rebecca jarvis shows how they are doing it. >> reporter: michelle morris is a stay at home mom of two and you are watching her make money for her family by watching tv so you are getting paid to watch tv? >> yep, sure am. >> reporter: michelle works with a company called viggle. they pay you to watch certain programs and commercials. >> hit confirm. >> reporter: it is open to anyone with a tv and smartphone. >> it is something ugh you can do with your kids. >> totally do it with my children. it helps me bring money in so we can do different things. >> reporter: michelle has earned enough to renovate their kitchen from this to this. across tina fawn is another of the 3 million americans working from home. answering questions for care.com, a nanny, elder and placement care site. top earners make $30,000 a year. can anybody do it? >> anybody can do it. >> anybody. >> anybody can do this. it is the best job ever. >> hi, ryan. >> reporter: and stay-at-home dad, ryan krane, turned his passion for fitness in to a virtual game. training clients over skype. >> how are you feeling in the hip? >

rebecca jarvis, abc news.ngton, d.c. >> that's remarkable. >> i'm not a fan of that. >> i know. >> is there a way to manipulate the system and have an on-line persona that is really cheap and makes no money. >> that's the only way they charge you. i don't think that is fair at all. >> i want to know who am i? i'm a mom, i'm -- you live in the northeast. you do okay. i'm sure you are paying the $14 for the pens. >> how do i get to be a frugal spender or something? >> i know. >> kind of weird. >> business changes are based on algorithms. they take into account competitive pricing and external factors and who you are. when we mention the word algorithms, i check out. >> apparently there are some strategies you can employ in order to be on the right side of the price. you can know what the consumer algorithms are. there nose that and you can be vocal. apparently price matching happens more than you think. you have to say can you give it to me for the same price and a lot of people will do it. the comforting scent

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i think we can do that rebecca." where the characters all have little kid voices. >> you can't serve in the king's guard with one hand. >> where is that written? i can and i will. this king's guard oath is for life. >> the war is over. the king is safe. >> the king is never safe. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: this one is from andrew cole. "hey jimmy, i'm so excited to buy the roots' new album titled 'and then you shoot your cousin.' but i'm curious to know if they had any other album titles before they landed on the current one." that's right, the roots do have a new album. this is it right here. "and then you shoot your cousin." that's the album right there. [ cheers and applause ] it's available, may 19th congratulations, guys. and you know, andrew, it turns out they actually did have a a few other ideas for album titles. first they went with, the roots, "and then you hug your uncle." [ laughter ] then they changed it to, the roots, "and then you play jenga with your great grandma." [ laughter ] that didn't

and a tricky the number of our staff thank you for your hard work everyday and two commissioners rebecca and our vice president thank you for your work everyday and i wanted to take a moment to thank another mural i thought i forgot sorry give me one second. i wanted to note somebody we've lost who couldn't be here unfortunately, we lost ruth's sister an author on the coit tower but in here how were you we celebrate the incredible restoration (clapping) so with that, thank you very much for coming and trying to keep cool and we landmark to welcoming you inside. thank you very much (clapping.) before i introduce the next speaker i want to remind you that the firmer are hosting us in in front of the building i want everybody to go around the corner after we cut the ribbon it's interesting the murals you'll see the washgs families of san francisco the men and women who built the fabulous city so it's fitting we saved our best for the last a man who was trying to put more jobs in the marketplace and trying to build the sustainable committee our fabulous mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping.) thank

suhr, chief joanne haynes-white (clapping) edward reiskin head of mta and mohammed head of dpw and rebeccate can animal care and control (clapping) so san francisco prepares for and cooperated and plans for disastrous everyday we're good at it we do it to practice our life saving skills so we know how to communities with one other but most of all to protect our public and residents of san francisco and to protect our first responders. today is also the one hundred and 8 anniversary of the 1906 san francisco earthquake. we went to lotta's fountain this morning to remember those people who came before us who were brave and worship reliant that made san francisco come alive but it made us remember the great fire over after the earthquake and the biggest it threat today is the fire that's going to happen afterward so in 1906 we're better prepared today with better plans and we are prepared with better infrastructure. we a that's why with the mission bay fire last year because of the all of the the work we did with the infrastructure and planning with our response that's why we were able to res

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