team actually studiied stuckey and hs used his movements as an inspiration in the game. >> reporter: zynga insists it's still having fun and wants you to keep playing, too. in fact, it's betting the farm that you will. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> just ahead, violent tornadoes hit in some unlikely places. here's a hint, this video was not shot in kansas or iowa. >>> and thank goodness closer to home, much more calm picture around the bay area. right now, we have sunshine. but some cool temperatures. pretty strong sea breeze out there as we await the low clouds to come back. but also a chance of some thundershowers firing up in the mountains not too far away. we'll have a look at your sunday forecast coming up. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dust pickup in less time without missing a thing. i love th

in fact, this one, named stuc y stuckey, was the inspiration for this goat in the new farmville. >> so the animation team actually studied stuckey and used his movements and inspiration in the creation of the red goat in our game. >> the story has been rocky here, but zynga insists it's still having fun and wants you to keep playing, too. in fact, it's betting the farm that you will. zynga says 3 million people a day log in to play the original farmville. after the new version was launched today at noon, its share price moved higher by about 2%. janelle. >>> in health matters tonight, today is the official kickoff of the nfl season. on this same day a new study looks at football players and their risk for brain disease. researchers studied more than 3,000 professional football players in the league for at least five years. 10% have died since the start of the study. they found football players were three times more likely to die from diseases that damage brain cells like alzheimer's and lou gehrig's than the general population. players in speed positions were more at risk. today the nf

animation team actually studied stuckey and has used stuckey's movements and his inspiration in theation of the red goat in our game. >> reporter: the story has been rocky here, but zynga insists it's still having fun and it wants you to keep playing, too. in fact, it's betting the farm that you will. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> and still ahead, a new scam warning for a pge customers. >>> also an update on our top story a chp officer pronounced dead after a traffic stop. >>> plus a risky profession in light of this shooting. we'll look at just how often police are confronted with weapons on the job. >>> and tense moments in oakland today. a, a's pitcher takes a line drive to the head. his status tonight. we're back in a moment. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> recapping our top story in this special post nfl newscast, the worst possible outcome for a chp officer shot by a suspect on 680 yesterday. tonight chp announced that officer ken

a percent compared to last year, but my own house for example is still the valuation of a cheap stuckey'speak. by the way, tom a romney superdelegate, very well connected. i agree with you, i think we have gotten used to gets shellacked on the numbers and we're pleasantly surprised when we are not shellacked. >> neil, you are so correct. unfortunately. any number improve, is seen as great. they have done a masterful job in convincing the american people that thing are getting better. but looking at how they are versus where we are, we're have not moved forward. neil: your point wellpointed. that if you gotten used to years of crappy data. and now you look on the sites or your 401(k) statement, you no longer losing money, and your house worth a few more rubles, you really think you are off to the races, i know that is asinine but it could be the wind at president's back. >> looking at data coming in front of us over next few months, that will give a huge signal we've not moved forward at all. neil: but what about like today in consumer confidence rose, and housing percolate. what do you th

mary stuckey talks about her book "defining america" the presidency and national identity [applause] >> now i have to try to be engaging. i think the most important thing to understand about the presidency and its context is that we always have choices. when you pick a president, you are absolutely picking a particular kind of policy but you are also picking a definition of our national identity. if you hear a president and like what they are saying and do you feel yourself call to that presidency, then they are speaking to you about a sense of the national self that is deeply embedded in all of us and every time there's a presidential election, what one of our previous presidents learned from his sorrow is really an important part of what the presidency does because we see ourselves as a nation through the ways that presidents talk the nation into being. so what i'm going to do today is talk a little bit about franklin roosevelt's version of what it meant to be an american added particular moment in our national history. i did this a little bit earlier but i want to go back a little