santa clara district attorney jeff rosen giving time off to the staff, to make up for the 5% bonus cutt learned county council has issued its opinion on the legality of the district attorney giving free time off. it is a confidential document delivered to the board of supervisors. the sources close to the county's investigation says it does not look good for the da. one problem is how it could open up for others in a big way. others call it the me-too clause. >> reporter: letter after letter. >> there is a lot of animosity towards mr. rosen right now. >> reporter: different unions, same concerns. >> we had an understanding, a trust, an agreement. a contract. and we did not expec to be sitting here today. >> reporter: it comes after our investigation exposes the district attorney, jeff rosen, suggest that time sheets be alter altered, allowing employees to bank vacation and sick time which they can later use. he made up for a 5% bonus cut in the middle of the budget crisis. >> so yes, i brought in administrative leave to try to compensate them in some way for that. >> reporter: that ans

we'll get a preview from ed henry and james rosen. the family of trayvon martin winning a major civil lawsuit. we're coming right back. >> bill: impact segment tonight, as you may know, there is a budget chaos in washington going on. countries running a huge deficit and has a 17 trillion-dollar debt. a few politicians seem to know what to do. tomorrow, president obama will finally announce his budgetary vision which includes a massive tax increase over the next decade. joining us now from washington with a preview, ace reporters james rosen and ed henry. all right, henry, what's the president going to say tomorrow? >> well, i think the biggest thing they have leaked out what's significant is what they keep focusing on ahead of this is that he is going to cut some social security benefits. what's important is that they're trying to put out the political message here at the white house. fellow democrats by social security some leg here and wants to get republicans to support tax increases. >> do we he have any idea what form that would

last october rosen was sentenced to more than seven years in jail, but because this happened when he was minor, he will serve out his time in a juvenile facility and will be released at 21 years old. the wife said, i hoped rosen would be tried as an adult in hopes he may serve a longer term in jail. and this vigil is about to start and already getting kind of emotional. i can tell you that tomorrow morning as well there's going to be a dedication of a park and bench at woodside elementary school. that is where the daughter was a student. >> ama: a landlord faces a big repair job in san san franciscos excelsior district. a car smashed into a business just before to go this afternoon. it's severely damaged the building. nobody was hurt. the billing inspectors have yell ow tagged the building. the crash delayed muni service for a short time. >> a 30-year-old woman had a heart attack during today's half marathon in san francisco. she was revived by marry medics but remains in serious condition. it was the first are youing of the rock 'n' roll half marathon. the race had 500 runners. >>>

jeff rosen did was legal when he granted thousands of paid time off to make up for a 5% cut. >> i wouldike to avoid the cost and the delay and having somebody sort out the fundamental question which is it allowed or not. >> reporter: how that question will be answered was the center of discussion today. the county executive suggested they seek outside opinion. other board members agreed. >> if we don't have somebody come in and make a determination as to what happened in a binding way this could become very messy. >> reporter: jeff smith sent this e-mail to the d.a. saying he doesn't have any other choice but to go to the attorney general. he says it is clear the county does not have appropriate resources and authority to properly, publicly and completely investigate. >> we can't do an internal investigation without incurring lots of criticisms no matter what the investigation shows. >>> while the board waits to here about the legality of the action. >> it doesn't feel right when all of a sudden in the midst of that kind of an all for one and one for all belt tightening that one departm

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rosen said it was to make up for a 5% bonus that was cut from their compensation.ay, county supervisors discussed whether or not they thought attorney general kamala harris should get involved. >> if you don't have somebody come in and make a determination as to what happened in a binding way, you know, this could just become very messy. >> i'd like to avoid the cost, the delay and, frankly, having somebody who's not familiar with the county organization sort out just the fundamental question, which is is it allowed or not. >> the supervisor is requesting the county's legal team figureout if the d.a. is allowed to grant that time off. county executive told our investigative unit that he's sending a letter to the attorney general tomorrow. he welcomes an outside review. >>> now, if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> lawmakers are denying nonprofit youth groups that discriminate based on jend identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality or religious affiliation. that means t

joining us now from washington ace reporters carl cameron and james rosen. seriously, rosen, is the obama administration taking this north korea deal? i mean, these people really can't do much damage. they can invade south korea. they will get their butt kicked, right? >> well, they can inflict a lot of damage. they don't have the missile technology to strap one of their nuclear weapons to a missile and hit our shores, but the bottom line to answer your question is u.s. officials take it very seriously. both, a, because they have nuclear weapons. they have an army of over a million men. we have 28,000 troops stationed in south korea and also this is a cash starved regime that has never met a missile or nuclear technology that it didn't want to or try to sell. proliferation is is a big concern. i have talked, bill, to the guys that have actually dealt face-to-face with the north koreans, we don't have diplomatic relations with the north koreans, but we do have something called the new york channel which operates through the auspices of the u.n. in new york. i

to sort it all out chief washington correspondent james rosen. what's the truth here rosen? we haven't seen the memo that the former secretary of state allegedly signed, right? nobody -- that's not out in the public at all, correct? >> that's not in the public domain. the republican committees that prepared this report on benghazi this week did see this april 192012 cable. which they say was signed by secretary clinton rejecting more requests for security for greater security in benghazi. we know thorn berry is telling the truth when he says as we just saw in your show these requests went higher up into the management levels. they went all the way up to the assistant secretary level. at least. what we don't know is whether secretary clinton is telling the truth when she says she never saw them. the white house said today jay cancery the white house press secretary that, yes, it is standard protocol that all cables going out from the department of state and foggy bottom here in washington quote unquote carried the signature of the secretary of state as a matter of formality,

national security whistleblowers coalition i first asked her if after a decade of civil liberties a rosen's we should be surprised at all to the call to suspend the suspects rights and here's what she had to say. not. being climbing up the ladders towards the police state in fact he had been. operating within the all the police's. characteristics you look at it from the illegal eavesdropping to the illegal detentions to go on time oh who patriot act to now says i mean it's just been going on more and it's been going on we're relentlessly let's talk about these suspects and how the f.b.i. alleges they found them which was through crowd source photos and then a video captured from a department store what does it say about the surveillance state in general that's not make it as a safer and it can't prevent things like this from happening. right but more than dad first of all it shows the you know effectiveness but by saying dad i don't want to balad they all this contradicting. all the information that's been pouring from the government and the u.s. mainstream media so i have been trying to ke

jeff rosen gave managers vacation benefits that could convert to cash.is apparently an attempt to get around a pay cut in the latest union contract. rosen says he had the right to offer the hand-picked managers the perks. they're currently investigating the deal. >>> oak lann could decide to cut ties with goldman sachs. activists are urging the city council to stop doing business with the wall street investment bank after it refused to cancel an investment that would cost taxpayers $20 million before it expires in 2021, but the oakland city administrator is hiring a firm into cutting ties with goldman sachs. goldman sachs will reportedly get a chance to respond to the issue during the finance committee hearing on tuesday. >>> an e connick oak tree at the state historical park will be cut down this fall. this is a picture of jack london and his wife in front of the tree in the early 1900s. california state park officials say the tree is ready to fall because of a wood-eating fungus and the tree killer known as sudden oak death. it is where landon wrote do

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in washington james rosen, fox news. >> bret: senior political analyst brit hume covered presidents who with thatcher. he joins us tonight with some thoughts. good evening brit. >> good evening, bret. she is recognized for the stead fastness that made her known as the iron lady. she showed that in her years of grin prime ministership and doubts arose about the conservative economic policies she had administered in strong doses to the ailing british economy. she never wavered. and she showed it again in waging war against argentina over possession of the falkland islands. what is less widely acknowledged is that margaret thatcher was very smart and her policies were precisely what britain needed to revive a nation that was regarded then as the proverbial sick man of europe. under her, private business flourished anew in britain and london reclaimed its lost place as a center of world finance. though an unrelenting faux of socialism, thatcher quickly saw soviet leader gorbachev as something new. i like gorbachev and as you added we could do business together that influenced ronald reagan

rosens question is there a cap that they can only sell for $250,000. >> that had to do with the remedies that's not incorporated into this report which would be over the long term provide some kind of a long term price so at least someone could is for at least two years i could give it back to the city for this price. by that's radical. i think we understand something we can talk about later >> so then let's go doctor if i may sorry. don't mean to move you ail around line like that. there's a again discussion i was moved by the commits of mr. coal about the permits of the process. someone would pass that along he was brilliant in his speech. okay. how do you balance the number of the part time madalinas into our totals >> we have a court remedies on the number of taxis. it also says we would be better of

let's check in with our political panel in the green room featuring hillary rosen, michael schearer andos who you might remember as a cast member of the real world san francisco in addition to being a commentator now. stick around to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real here on "the lead." any of that sound familiar? our politics lead is coming up. mitch mcconnell's mole gets nabbed. straight ahead. [ male announcer ] red lobster is hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu! oh my goodness... oh my gosh, this looks amazing... [ male announcer ] 15 entrees under $15! it's our new maine stays! seafood, chicken, and more! ooh! the tilapia with roasted vegetables. i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. that pork chop was great. no more fast food friday's. we're going to go to red lobster... [ male announcer ] come try our new menu and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99! salad, sandwiches and more. [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to m

chief washington correspondent james rosen reports from the state department on oincredibly serious charge before congress starts a new round of hearing. good evening, james. >> good evening. secretary of state told lawmakers he doesn't want to spend the next year to come to capitol hill to talk about benghazi. new charges from within his own department could make that a reality. >> fox news has learned that at least three career state department employees and at least one more at the central intelligence agency have retained lawyers. or are in the process of doing so. in order that they can provide sensitive information to congress about benghazi. the four consider themselves whistle blowers and want their counsel to receive the security clearances that would enable them to review classified documents. the lawyer representing one of the employees at state told us the department is not providing a process for that and even worse is actively threatening her client and the others. >> i'm not talking generally. i am talking specifically about benghazi. that people have been threatened. not ju

james rosen is the news live in washington.ames, let's start with the significance of this captured military base. >> well, this base, shep, is home to the syrian army's 49th battalion. and it follows the rebel seizure last month of an air defense base in the very same province. but the paradox here is that the worst things get for the syrian regime the worse things get for u.s. and allied interests. something our ambassador to syria has struggled to impress upon all the neighboring countries. >> we want the iraqi government to understand that had has no interest in having an extremist government in syria and the longer the conflict continues, the greater the influence of extremists on the ground. >> indeed. the u.s. has degeneres designated the al nasa are a front. one of the battle confronting the regime off shoot of al qaeda, shep. >> shepard: james, we haven't heard from the syrian president for a while but now we have. >> the embattled leader spoke to a television network. that channel said the interview took place tuesday

from the threat of nukes in north korea and iran, to worries over chemical weapons in sierra, james rosenls us finding out whether the assad regime has already used those weapons won't be easy. >> victims treated after attack last month near aleppo reported severe breathing problems and persistent smell of chlorine. 26 were reported killed. another 86 injured. >> my standing is that the team is still preparing to go. >> more than two weeks later, a team of scientists and weapons inspectors that u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has appointed to probe whether chemical weapons were indeed used can expect when eventually touches down in syria to face major forensic challenges. they will be working in and soil samples will come from an active war zone meaning the site can be hopelessly compromised for sampling and individuals ablegd corpses. autopsy and hardly ashore. >> only going to be successful if the assad regime cooperates with efforts to investigate. >> the syrian rebels too could -- the best hope for smoking gun would would be if remnants could still be found missiles some reported s

james rosen is live in our d.c. newsroom. james? >> jon, good evening.oon, more than two weeks after the events in question the state department confirmed that this team of u.n. investigators still hasn't touched down in syria. that's bad news for their probe because the village in northwestern syria remains active war zones and soil samples from their there could already be hopelessly contaminated. unclear whether the team's access to witnesses, pigs, autopsy and toxicology reports will be hampered by the syrian government, rebels or both. best hope from smoking gun remnants from the missile that some witnesses reported having seen just before 26 people were reported killed, another 86 injured. >> if there is a delivery system, and there are markings on the delivery system. is it something that has been characteristically used by one side or othe other in this conflict, then it may be easier to describe evidence that is consistent with one party's use as opposed to the other. these teams don't usually come out with a report that says hey, country x did

we exposed rosen ordering time sheets to be altered. granting thousands of hours of paid time off. the investigative reporter broke the story and has the latest on the fallout. >> i think the investigation braught up the issue of the large numbers with regard to the use of administrative time. >> these are the time sheets that tell the story of thousands of hours of requested time off crossed out and given for free allowing employees to bank vacation days. >> the policy allows for administrative leave to be given and it gives discretion to the district attorney to do that. >> it's that discretion the county is now limiting. >> this puts a limit on it, essentially puts a turn cat on leaving. for those who have already been giving 40 hours this year, they won't be given administrative time off. >> we know that the use add min stratsive time and substitutes for vacation time is real cash. so we want to make sure that financially, the counties and i are at risk. >> it comes in response to our investigation which exposed administrative leave quadrupled from 2011 to 2012 while vacation t

the district attorney jeff rosen. our investigation exposes his office recoding time off, allowing employees to bank vacation days. hundreds of time sheets from top paid attorneys in the d.a.'s office, altered. >> i directed this to happen. i wanted this to happen. this is exactly what i wanted to happen. it was unfair and unprecedent that their 5% differential was taken away. so after long and careful thought and deliberation, i instituted a policy. >> his policy? taking time sheet and changing vacation to administrative leave. allowing employees to get paid time off and still bank their vacation time. >> is it fair to everyone else who has had to make cuts? >> i don't even understand the question. >> other departments cuts. >> i'm the elected district attorney. so i'm entrusted with the public with running the district attorney's office. and with protecting the public. i'm not here to speak about how other departments in the county run their affairs. >> admin leave was given at the supervisors' discretion to attorne

listen, in the 1980s, i testified -- in the '90s i testified for lieberman with hilary rosen and jack valente on violence in the media. the entertainment industry hid behind the first amendment to line their pockets with billions of dollars in profits and they stepped up. we have a rating system for television, a rating system for video games, rating system for movies and music. that's exactly what the gun industry and the nra are doing now. he had a 100 bullet magazine in that movie theater and an assault rifle, and 6,000 rounds of ammo. how much more does somebody have to do before america goes no, we're going to stop these people getting such easy access to this kind of fire power? >> the vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. the vast majority don't even hurt themselves. the vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody. the problem is you're dealing with such tiny numbers of people and i'm not -- i don't in any way dismiss one death is too many, anything we can do to stop it -- >> what do you call tiny numbers? 100,000 americans a

jeff rosen will do so. there has been no confirmation of that from the d.a. legal analyst dean johnson says that issue is not only up to rosen, but also a judge. >> the prosecution has the discretion to go to the court and ask the court to have the case charged as an adult crime and have it tried in adult court. >> reporter: and tomorrow audrie pott's parents plan to speak publicly for the first time. they're expected to talk about audrie's law which would increase penalties for cyberbullying and strengthen sexual assault laws so teenagers can be tried as adults. their attorney says they are in discussions with two lawmakers on that. state senator jim bell and zoe lofgren. a vigil for audrii pott is set friday. monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> monte, thank you. >>> we also spoke tonight to a man who is a suicide survivor and has dedicated his life to helping others. kevin hines jumped off the golden gate bridge 13 years ago after he says he was bullied for years in school and suffered from depression. >> the million second both my hands and feet left that

jeff rosen has details on the tsarnaev brothers on alleged plans to target new york city. and a "today" exclusive, michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, speaks out live from jail. >> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day on your nbc station. you have a great weekend ahead. >>> breaking news out of oakland, a device that looks like is found on the street. >>> more than 100 years of history burned to the ground. crews still on the scene of a devastating fire in san jose. >> the petaluma little leaguers back in the headline. but this time, the news is not that great, what some of the players are accused of. >>> a live look outside on this feel-good friday. a bay bridge look. that is san francisco on this friday, april 26th. this is "today in the bay."

jeffrey rosen quietly gave his top deputies vacation benefits they could later convert to cash.paper says the county's top administrator is investigating whether those same perks must now be offered to tens of thousands of other union employees. that could potentially wipe out any savings the county achieved by renegotiating wages and benefits in the first place. >>> this is an incredible series of circumstances that allowed a family of five to survive a car crash into the american river. their suv went off highway 50, flipping over into the middle of the river. by chance, a can kayaker with emergency medical experience was right there. he pulled three children to safety. then went back for the driver. who was trapped upside down, his head held up by his waive wooif. >> wife. >> i was afraid if i cut his seatbelt would he die in front of me and his wife and three can kids. >> three other men with experience in swift water rescue were nearby. the family was hospitalized but only the driver suffered major injuries. >> we'll g >>> if you don't like today, it there is tomorrow and t

. >> reporter: so rosen saw it as right to give extra time off. >> they don't receive overtime. they don't receive stock options. they don't receive bonuses. we don't even have free coffee here. >> reporter: instead of coffee, admin leave, like 72 hours over christmas. 80 hours during the summer. even going to see a movie, converted from vacation to admin time. we found one lead d.a. took 188 hours of vacation in 2011, and 10 hours of admin leave. but that flip-flopped last year. 177 hours of admin leave. only one hour of vacation. >> i think this is the right thing to do. and that's why i'm doing it. >> reporter: this is not what administrative leave was intended for. you're saying it is. it's intended to make up for the 5%. that's not what the policy states. >> the policy allows for administrative leave to be given, and it gives discretion to the district attorney to do that. >> reporter: and while admin leave is going up, vacation use is going down. all of that vacation time can be banked and possibly cashed out, like this lead attorney. she retired in december, trading in mo

rosen is not commenting on the allegations. >>> 8:17.in san rafael, you will get ballots for an election in the mail to renew a 24-year-old public schools parcel tax for eight years. ballots will ask voters to review a parcel tax for grades 9 through 12 and a 194 per parcel tax for grades k through 8. exemptions would be available for homeowners 65 and older. >>> a state takeover of schools ends today. almost nine years after a $60 million bailout. officials say the bailout came about after auditors found the school district faced a deficit of tens of millions of dollars back in 2003. auditors found the school district greatly overestimated the enrollment and revenue and underestimated the cost. that bailout was the second biggest in california history. >>> 8:18. members of last year's giants' team were given some hard- earned hardware during a world series ring ceremony. >> matt cain! >> larry bear handed out championship rings before yesterday's game at at&t park. here they are. they are made of white gold designed by tiffany & company

our investigative unit first exposed this weekend santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen directed time sheets be altered giving thousands of hours of free time off in the wake of the county's budget crunch. when departments were forced to make cuts select employees lost a 5% bonus. our investigation covered the d.a.'s office changed time sheets basically giving employees extra time off without using vacation days. it's sparked an internal investigation by the county. >> so hundreds of time sheets were changed to make up for the 5%? >> hundreds of time sheets were documented as administrative leave to try to compensate employees that have extra responsibilities and extra hours and unfairly have their differential taken away from them. >> if i were one of his attorneys i'd be delighted with what the attorney was doing. if i were a tax per i'd be very union set. >> tonight at 6:00, our investigation continues. the fallout today, what more time sheets are revealing and why some are calling it a gift of public funds. >>> a pivotal day for president obama. he was in connecticut not only

our investigation exposes rosen directed time sheets be altered giving weeks off without using any vacation days. now the county is opening an investigation. >> reporter: hundreds of time sheets from top-paid attorneys in the d.a.'s office atrd. >> i directed this to happen. i wanted this to happen. this is exactly what i wanted to happen. it was unfair and unprecedented that their 5% differential was taken away. so after long and careful deliberation, i instituted a policy. >> reporter: his policy, taking time sheets and changing to administrative leave. >> is it fair to everyone else who have had to make cuts? >> i don't even understand the question. >> reporter: other departments making cuts. >> i'm the elected district attorney, so i'm entrusted with protecting the public. i'm not here to speak about how other departments in the county run their affairs. >> reporter: that's not what these documents show. take a look. in 2011, the lead das took less than 600 hours of admin time. compare that to 2012. after the cuts, it quadrupled. >> that concerns me. >> after we started looking into the

rosen is not commenting on the allegations. >>> 8:17.ill get ballots for an election in the mail to renew a 24-year-old public schools parcel tax for eight years. ballots will ask voters to review a parcel tax for grades 9 through 12 and a 194 per parcel tax for grades k through 8. exemptions would be available for homeowners 65 and older. >>> a state takeover of schools ends today. almost nine years after a $60 million bailout. officials say the bailout came about after auditors found the school district faced a deficit of tens of millions of dollars back in 2003. auditors found the school district greatly overestimated the enrollment and revenue and underestimated the cost. that bailout was the second biggest in california history. >>> 8:18. members of last year's giants' team were given some hard- earned hardware during a world series ring ceremony. >> matt cain! >> larry bear handed out championship rings before yesterday's game at at&t park. here they are. they are made of white gold designed by tiffany & company and they represent

we will start with jeff rosen. [applause] he's the district attorney of santa clara county and the recognized leader in criminal justice reform. he oversees the largest prosecutor's office north of los angeles and prosecute about 40,000 cases each year, so he is on the ground. he sees it all. he is however a green bay packer fan but we will forgive him because they lost. >> you should be very happy. you won. >> next to him is richard carranza and the superintendent of san francisco unified, just started in the summer of july. prior to that he was the deputy superintendent of innovation and social justice. [applause] next to richard is nancy o'malley, district attorney for alameda county. she was appointed in 2009 and elected in 2010 and has an amazing background dealing dealing with violence against women and domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse and threat management. she's a wonderful addition to our panel so thank you nancy. [applause] next to nancy is tony smith who i loved his biobest of all and started

. >> the driver david rosen pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. he was sentenced to more than seven years in a juvenile facility but will be released when he turns 21. >>> a new lawsuit claims a san francisco school district is partially responsible for a fire that severely damaged several western edition buildings. the lawsuit blames sparks from renovations at a charter school and barbecues at a nearby building for the 2011 fire on pierce street. a total of four buildings sustained more than $8 million in damage. property owners on folden gate avenue and elm street are named in the lawsuit. >>> two teenagers went hiking and got stranded until rescuers found them several days later. one of the teens is talking about his experience. nicholas sandoya and his friend kindle jack got lost while hiking. sandoya was able to call 911 before their cell phone died. he says he doesn't remember how they were separated. >> i can't tell you. now they told me i suffered a trauma i guess maybe i fell. maybe we both fell and we split ways. or i fell and she though

of the three da's and they covered it and we worked over the years with the heart power that jeff rosen referred to. when moving into the soft power i recognize we're not experts so i look to people like anne campbell, our superintendent and to cheryl there to educate us and i said this morning "i am interested what we can do as a district attorney's office to help , what we can do to help" because we recognize we're not experts. we have an expertise in certain areas dealing with consequences and accountability and we're good with that. when it comes to soft power with great collaboration we can have a support role and provide to our educators and experts what exactly can we do to assist you getting to the end that everybody talked about today and that's the only different take we would have. >> great thank you. [applause] i would like to say we need to wrap up. we have a late start and need to keep moving. i would like to say what struck me today that even though teachers and principals are in school all day addressing those things in the hallways and they're not here. we have school p

. >> the driver david rosen pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. he was sentenced to more than seven years in a juvenile facility but will be released when he turns 21. >>> a new lawsuit claims a san francisco school district is partially responsible for a fire that severely damaged several western edition buildings. the lawsuit blames sparks from renovations at a charter school and barbecues at a nearby building for the 2011 fire on pierce street. a total of four buildings sustained more than $8 million in damage. property owners on folden gate avenue and elm street are named in the lawsuit. >>> two teenagers went hiking and got stranded until rescuers found them several days later. one of the teens is talking about his experience. nicholas sandoya and his friend kindle jack got lost while hiking. sandoya was able to call 911 before their cell phone died. he says he doesn't remember how they were separated. >> i can't tell you. now they told me i suffered a trauma i guess maybe i fell. maybe we both fell and we split ways. or i fell and she though

james rosen in washington. >> reporter: thank you. jenna: he spent nearly three decades living in the with virtually no contact with other people. police say he could be responsible for more than 1000 burglaries but apparently he can still attract the ladies, rick. what one woman is offering to help the man. rick: it is the glasses. jenna: a lot of handsome men have glasses. must be something else. >>> what is taking effect today and what key lawmakers are saying about efforts to expand background checks. an important story you don't want to miss just ahead. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. jenna: right now some crime stories we're following for you today including this one out of texas. prosecutors are opening their case against a violent drug cartel today, accusing the brother of two of the cartel top leaders buying race horses as a way to launder drug money and hide the profits. we'll keep you posted on that. >>> to maine, the man who spent thr

jeff rosen giving free time off in place of vacation and sick time to employees to make up for 5% bonus cut. >> we really can't do an internal investigation without certainly incurring lots of criticism no matter what the investigation shows. personally, i think probably the referral to the attorney general is the most appropriate. >> a supervisor says it's premature to seek outside opinion, arguing an opinion from the county's own legal counsel should come first. he said he will be filing that request with them today. the three other supervisors agreed with the county executive. they also want to see an outside party investigate. >>> coming up on nbc bay area, going beyond talking and driving, the new efforts to try to get drivers to stop using the gps while beyond the wheel. >> plus, first cigarettes, now e cigarettes, local county on the verge of imposing tough restrictions on all smokers today. >>> today is equal pay today. what does it mean? we'll take a look coming up in business news. >>> as christina loren likes to say, we're getting paid in sunshine around the bay area. this is