Russia, just three days before the Winter Olympics begins. Calling it one of the worst scandals in army history, National Guard soldiers are accused of scamming a program that pays them to help enlist new recruits during the height of the iraq war. Thousands of dollars on thousands of soldiers took 29 million in illegal payments lawmakers say five soldiers received nearly 1 million in bowing gus bonuses. A lot of anger here. I have to tell you this is the National Guard recruiting acitizen tans program. In the height of the iraq war. 1200 now stand accused of illegal payments. Including 200 officers, 22 start generals can you believe. 106,000 payments were made under this. M total the entire scheme, part of which was legal, cost around 500 million they got around 150,000 people signed up for the army for their money. Now, clair mckaskel who is the democratic senator from missouri, she is very very angry about this. She is absolutely spitting tacks. Calling it discouraging and disappoin
More on that coming up and also, more details on sierra snow that could stack up in feet and thats just in about 15 minutes. Great to see the rain. Be careful on the roads. Thats part two tonight or for tomorrow morning. During the dry spell, grease and settlement is collecting on the pave the and the rain we got last week wasnt enough to wipe them clean. There is a way to tell whether the street or highway ahead of you is slick. I determine that by seeing if there is white bubbles on the road. Thats a good indication the road will be extra slippery because the oils and the sediments have started to rise up from the asphalt. Be careful and watch your speed. Pg and e crews are prepping. They say routine tree trimming minimizes the risk of limbs taking out the power lines. As we prepare for the most significant rain we seen in months, Officials Say it wont be enough to put a dent in the crisis. State and federal leaders gathered to find solutions for those hit hardest by the dry conditio
The kron 4 morning news hist we picked a big 70s yesterday. We saw a 70 degree readings and oakland and sonoma. I think was seymour and with 70s. I think was a 70 again in oakland 66 degrees in san mateo. 69 for those of you and sunnyvale heres the 7 day around the bay forecast expected similar conditions as we have into the weekend although it might not be as warm still plenty of sunshine to go ride on. Coast of a fog like a sunday morning. Center will start to close as we head into next week spent mostly cloudy conditions in looks like gray retires to the bay area wednesday paris stay even next friday north bound a 80 the on ramp to murray avenue at car went into a ditch and looks like emergency crews are trying to extract it. As for the bridges looking good as your mcllroy to the bay bridge right now. None of that traffic coming from the nimitz freeway approach. All of the cars were seen are coming from the shore freeway pretax westbound 5 80 m in lights are off and your drive about
Regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an measure soldier back from captivity. Period. Stephen you cant argue with that. Comma. Or can you. Question mark. Of course, we want to get every american soldier back. Because the tv has some questions. Is he an American Hero or a deserter . A member of his platoon says bergdahl left his own post ohis own volition, back in 2009. Shortly before he walked off the base he wrote to his parents about his disillusionment with the military and his mission in afghanistan. Hear that . This guy had grown disillusioned with the war in afghanistan. And theres only one wordinar 82 of americans. Plus, should we be bringing this guy back when several of those who served with bergdahl charged that soldiers died searching for him . And i agree with anyone who says best way to honor their sacrifice is to never complete their mission. And now, were also learning that bergdahl has a history of unamerican beha
Jon that is our show join us next week at 11 00 p. M. I say that every time, dont i . Here it is, your moment of zen. Netflix is telling customers that verizon and other internet providers are to blame for slow speeds on video streaming. If i had the pipes and spent all the money on the pipes i would make netflix is like this speaking very slowly if they dont like it they can build controversy rocks football. A new obama scandal, this time he traded five taliban members for string cheese and a pudding pack. And my guest rock legend Chrissie Hynde has a miew album called stockholm. I wont like it at first, but then ill grow to love and identify with it. A study found smoking marijuana can make men infertile, if youre going to have unprotected sex. Get high first. Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central stephen welcome to the report. Thathank you so much for joining us, ladies and gentlemen. Stephen Stephen Stephen thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Im not surprised folks. I join you in you