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Why should workplaces offer flex time and is it a good deal for employers? we have alan galinsky. worked with helps to help better flexible, even more human schedules. thanks for being here. first of all, when people think about their workweek in a lot of industries, they feel like they working a lot and are demanded to do a lot outside of work. not as flextime but as extra e-mail, extra response. what is important to understand here for a work schedule thats good for employees and good for the ...

Doing. and i know it drives you nuts that washington isnt doing it. and it drives me nuts. >> president obama on his summer road trip. cant seem to get out of washington enough these days. we dont blame him. spending time with what the white house calls ordinary americans focussing on the challenges that families face every day. one of those challenges is balancing time at work and time at home. five days a week, 9:00 to 5:00 was once the typical work schedule for many americans. for many decade...

>> how was it you became arrested, then? >> i dont know. >> i have no further questions, judge. >> all right, thank you. you may have a seat back there. >> the purpose of todays hearing is to determine what should happen to ayryana. do you have an opinion as to what the court should do? >> i want my daughter home with me. >> how is she doing in school? >> shes doing real good this year. i took her to a different school. i didnt want her with the same people. >> do you believe that the environmen...

Up alone in juvenile, the more desperate he becomes. most kids can at least look forward to parental visitations to comfort them during detainment. but kevins mom says her work schedule and transportation issues prevent her from seeing her son. now kevin is at the breaking point. >> let go of me. [ bleep ]. i think youre all playing with me. ill [ bleep ] kill myself. i dont give a [ bleep ]. >> whoa, whoa. >> im gonna be naked. ill jump off my [ bleep ] sink and yall aint going to do nothing ab...

This time to get ahead of their work schedule. she has the need to expedite the trial and get it finished in the full front of her mind. >> she did mention that so far the record of this trial is more than 2,000 pages and the evidence is very technical and she wants to go through it with two assistants. meantime, this trial does continue. after the gruel examination, there is a perception that he is in trouble, he did more harm than good by taking the stand. what is your take on all this? >> fro...

Want two more weeks and she gave them to them. >> so the judge allowed for the apostponement. >> yes, absolutely. its not really surprising. we have a lot of public holidays coming up so it makes pragmatic sense, and she emphasized they will get ahead of the work schedule and start reviewing what has already become an exceptionally long transcript which they will need to be intimately familiar with every page of that in reaching their decisions in this trial. so they will use this as a work brea...

>> with such an irregular work schedule, it falls on ayryana to take over the responsibilities at home and play mother to her two brothers. a source of much frustration for her and partially why ayryana finds herself here today. >> when i finish i may or may not have a day off. then i go to day turns and then back to midnights, rotating backwards. >> okay, okay. thats all that i have, judge. >> thank you, you may have a seat. >> to get a final perspective on the case, the judge calls on the prob...

Now that im a team mother, it has to stop, partying has top as to. i have to think more so i can spend time by myself or whatever, but just next time, just make sure i call someone to check up on them. >> the longer a teen is locked up alone in juvenile the more desperate he becomes. most kids can at least look forward to parental visitations to comfort them during detainment. but kevins mom says her work schedule and transportation issues prevent her from seeing her son. now kevin is at the bre...

Profanities at him? >> no, i wasnt. >> how was it you became arrested, then? >> i dont know. >> i have no further questions, judge. >> all right, thank you. you may have a seat back there. >> the purpose of todays hearing is to determine what should happen to ayryana. do you have an opinion as to what the court should do? >> i want my daughter home with me. >> how is she doing in school? >> shes doing real good this year. i took her to a different school. i didnt want her with the same people. >...

Their system. what is ambien doing to your body? >> its enhancing certain neurotransmitters in your brain that help put you to sleep. so your brain isnt actually remembering whats going on and enhancing the sleep episode for you. >> reporter: sanofi, the makers of ambien, told abc news, the label clearly states ambien should only be taken immediately before bed and only when you can get a full nights sleep. advice that needs to be followed by the ever-increasing number of americans turning to pi...