>> it was pure partisan payback. the republican-controlled house rejected reid's bill today to raise the nation's debt ceiling. last night the democratic-controlled senate voted down speaker john boehner's $900 billion debt reduction plan. >> we know the reid proposal will not pass the senate. we know it will not pass the house. and my view is we ought to end that charade. >> we're stopping a filibuster. we are doing our very best to stop their stalling on this important piece of legislation. they, meaning the republicans. >> the president meantime is demanding compromise, because tuesday at midnight the

government loses its power to borrow money. there will be some funds from taxes to pay some bills, but not all. >> congress must find common ground on a plan that can get support from both parties, in the house and? the senate. it's got to be a plan i can sign by tuesday. >> late today the president met with democratic leaders to discuss next steps. >> it's time for the president to tell us what he's for. it's time for the president to outline how we get out of this cul-de-sac he's driven us into. >> the president has consistently backed reid's plan. >> boehner walked out on him twice, saying we have to figure this out at the capitol. now he's going back to the president. it's very bizarre. >> the senate meantime hasn't even voted on senator reid's plan. discussions should start tonight at 10:00 p.m. pacific standard time, but the real negotiations will take place behind closed doors tomorrow.

john? >> usually last-minute. thank you, lisa. a political science professor we spoke to says the impasse at the capitol is nothing new. he says both parties have the same problem of getting their members to budge. republicans have to persuade tea party members and democrats have to convince moderates who do not want to raise taxes. >> all you have is a back-and-forth between the two of them as they sort out, in public, those sorts of dilemma that is they have. so i think it's sort of normal politics, exacerbated by the criticalness of the problem, and again exacerbated by the fact that markets don't like what's happening. and moreover, there's a threat of a downgrade from moody's. >> professor brady expects lawmakers to come to a compromise before the august 2nd deadline, but says it will go down to the wire. without an agreement, the government won't have enough money to pay all of its bills after tuesday. come wednesday, bondholders, social security and medicare recipients, are the most likely to get paid. the possible losers, federal

workers in jobs deemed nonessential, private contractors, and local governments. in santa cruz, a lot of people are spending their saturday changing tires looking for a new paint job after vandals damaged 50 cars, dozens of tires were slashed, and swastikas were painted on about six cars. we're live in santa cus santa ch more on the aftermath. tomas? >> the vandalism that occurred last night, this car had a swastika carved into the paint. this is one of two we've actually been able to find. police say because of these symptoms, they're also investigating this vandalism as a hate crime. santa cruz police and residents say that at least 47 cars had either their tires slashed or their cars keyed. six with swastikas. police say all this happened in a three-block area of santa cruz cruz. the victim occurred between 11:00 p.m. last night and 1:00 this morning.

residents say the cars were vandalized while on the street and in their driveways. victims say the cars on one side of the street had their tires slashed while the cars on the opposite side had the cars keyed. one vandalism victim woke up to tow trucks this morning taking away cars with flat tires. >> up and down the street, everywhere you looked, were flat tires. we looked at our cars, and said, oh, thank goodness, at least we don't have flat tires. then someone else said, hey, check for keying, because they've been keying a lot of the cars. then we looked, oh, man. i mean, you know, i don't know how -- it's not going to cost that much to fix it, but the idea that someone is -- is imposing some kind of politics or something on a car. >> now, that's apparently what some people are thinking. that mercedes has two tires that are flat, that haven't been raider yet. this is going to be expensive for many victims who will have

to repaint portions of their cars, and tires these days are very expensive. so far santa cruz don't have any suspects. we'll have more on this on abc7 news at 11:00. reporting live in santa cruz, i'm tomas ramon, abc7 news. >> tomas, thank you. a shooting in oakland forced police to close west street this afternoon. a woman was shot around 4:00 p.m. near st. andrews' missionary baptist church. police closed west street near 27th while they investigated, but have since reopened the road. the victim was tine to the hospital. her condition is unknown. >> a series of burglaries has a belmont neighborhood on edge. just last night two homes were hit. it's happening in central belmont between el camino and alameda. police aren't sure if they're connected, but say there's a common theme each time the suspect targeted unlocked vehicles. wears hours away from learning whether two uc berkeley graduates imprisoned on spy charges might be set tree.

shane bauer and josh fattal are due in court later tonight for what iranian authorities say will be the last hearing, coming before the start of ramadan when muslims traditionally pardon prisoners. bauer's fiancee was released last fall on $500,000 bail. tomorrow will mark the two-year anniversary of their arrests. pg&e crews suspended work on an abandoned section of pipe in san bruno today due to concerns from residents who smelled gas. a section of pipe was once part of the gas line that blew up last year, but has been inactive since the mid-'50s when the line was relocated. pg&e crews say the smell is not a safety concern, but they've halted work on the pipeline until they can inform all residents there there's nothing to worry about. >> we were uncertain this odorant would be coming out today, so that's why we want to go back and communicate that to them so that they know that smelling the odorant might be a possibility when we do this work.

>> pg&e is excavating the pipeline at the request of the california public utilities commission. crews were planning to insert a camera today to examine the decommissioned line. a plane breaks in half, and everyone survives. the amazing story coming up. plus, saying good-bye to an icon as one of the bay area's last skate rinks closes its doors. but first -- >> hi there, everyone. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. fog is starting to move toward the coast, as well as the bay. the marine influenced cooled us down today. we may see warming in the next four to five day. we'll check out my accuweather

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> investigators are trying to figure out what drove a soldier to try to launch a terror attack. private naser abdo from fort campbell, kentucky, reportedly admitted to planning to carry out the attack on soldiers at fort hood. abdo was caught after he tried to buy weapons at a gun shop near the base. the clerk thought something wasn't right. >> asked myself, what is the potential for a problem? and if i'm uncomfortable, i'm not bashful. >> abdo was arrested in a motel near the base.

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about 100 of them were hurt, but just four of them seriously. authorities say the airport did not have adequate field lights and other emergency equipment. forcing them to struggle at first to remove the passengers. it around for more than 30 years. now it's time for the last skate at an iconic skating rink. also, fog over the bay area, and a big marathon coming up tomorrow. leigh glaser will have your accuweather seven-day forecast when we come back. >> the giants needed a good long start from madison baumgardner today. he only gave up five runs in the first. a long day for madison. we'll

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>> it's the end of an rare in milpitas. it's the time for the farewell skate at cal skate, one of the last skating rinks in the bay area, running nonstop for the last 34 years. >> parents opened the facility in 1977, and we've had a great run. we've developed a real culture here at ca cal skate. people are very sad -- people are very sad that we're leaving. we're sad that we're leaving. >> well, when cal skate opened there were 18 skating rinks in the bay area. once the rink closes tomorrow, only five will remain. the owners say the rink is doing well financially, but the building is too old to maintain. lots of fanfare in san

francisco for the grand opening of a new library. after 75 years the visitacion valley neighborhood has its own library branch. it officially opened today. the new library has a designated space for teens and children, a quiet study room, plus a program for after hour community meetings. the visitacion valley branch library is the 20th project to be completed under the branch library improvement program funded by a 2000 bond measure. it costs about $13.5 million. a new effort today in san francisco to record some of the 112 languages spoken in the bay area. researchers for the rosetta project held a record-a-thon at the internet ar chief i have in san francisco to capture languages on tape. researchers say a language becomes extinct every two weeks. today 50 different languages were recorded and digitally archiveds, a key step for researchers. >> if we can document 500 languages in the next 10 years or so, but at the rate that

languages are disappearing, we need to scale it up. we need to be able to document 5,000 languages in the next 10 years. and the only way that i can really see to do that is by opening up language documentation. >> the rosetta project currently has more than 2500 languages available to view or hear. researchers say the project will make teaching and learning languages more assemble. leigh glaser joins us now. >> you mentioned the san francisco marathon tomorrow morning. >> right. >> 5:30 tomorrow morning. get ready for a perfect running conditions. low clouds and fog. it's going to be cool, in the low to mid 50s. maybe a little bit of mist. not so good for the pavement there. there you have it. we'll tell you more coming up later. our high-definition cam, you can see mount deabhoe right now. a lot of sunshine in the valley areas today.

continues below where we should be for this time of year. fairfield, only 81 degrees. antioch only 84. you should at least be in the mid 90s for this time of year. concord 7. only 69 degrees in santa rosa. 79 was the high today in san jose. here's a look at our current readings. 81 in antioch. we had 66 in oakland. and 73 right now in san jose. we'll continue with the coastal fog. we'll continue to move inland overnight. the mist and drive, high clouds will move in tomorrow. we have some very heavy sierra storms forming right now, and those will continue to plague the sierra for at least the next couple of days. you can see on live doppler 7 hd what i'm talking about. numerous lightning strikes in the last few hours. most of this rain activity is starting to die down a little bit. still staying a little toward the east of south lake tahoe.

tomorrow, though, if you have plans heading there, be advised that all of this will start to migrate more toward the west, and could possibly even bring some of those cumulus clouds toward extreme east and south bay locations right here in the bay area. we'll hold off on saying there will be thunderstorm activity. even yosemite village, some of those isolated thunderstorms plaguing that area. you can see the lightning strikes starting to to die down a bit. for the bay area, low clouds and fog were back to the coast. that's why we saw sunshine inland. coastside tonight, all of that will filter back inland. antioch 59. much of the bay area will stay in the mid to upper 50s with san francisco 54 degrees. the reason for this sub tropical moisture we have high pressure in the four corners. circulation is clockwise, so it's picking it up, bringing it up the spine of the sierras. we'll continue to see this feature for one more day. by monday, all of this shift

shift back to the east. be careful headed toward the high country the next couple of days. highs for the bay area with sunshine. we'll see clouds associated with subtropical moisture filter in as well. 74 for sunnyvale. it will be a foggy start for pacifica tomorrow. 61 degrees. 75 for redwood city. san francisco will warm to 64 after a dense overcast tomorrow morning. 76 santa rosa. 76 for napa. on the east bay, oakland you'll warm to 70 degrees. look for sunshine for union city tomorrow, 75. mid-80s is the best we can do inland with brentwood 86. 82 for concorde. we'll look for 72 degrees with afternoon sunshine for watsonville. my accuview seven-day forecast, slight cooling for sunday and monday, we warm up a few degrees wednesday, thursday into friday. no big changes. morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. >> 5:30 a.m. >> 5:30 a.m.

>> mike is here with sports. >> according to the associated press today, the nfl players association has returned to being a union, and is negotiating the final items such as drug testing, disability and pensions. they have until next thursday to wrap this up so free agents can return to work. the 49ers got their prize yesterday, resigning quarterback free agent alex smith to a on deal for $5 million. some detractors will say, here we go again with alex smith, but with most free agent quarterbacks committed to other teams, the niness needed a veteran who knows the offense. under the new cba alex can't report to camp until thursday, a week of playing catch-up for alex. >> weird situation. great to be out here. finally signed, but came out and can't do anything. you know, it's the rule. so just going to make the most of it, try to take as mental

reps as i can and get ready to go when i get my chance. >> all right. the raiders put on the pads for the first time today. new secondary coach, hall of famer, rod woodson. rod decided to see if he wanted to coach, lived in the area, called al davis. what an asset this guy could be. we asked him what it would be like without the pro bowler who fled to the eagles. >> i have to coach the guys i have. when you have great players, it makes coaching easier, but i wish him all the best. he's my guy. i like nnamdi as a person. >> meanwhile the raiders signed former stanford star trent edwards to back up jason campbell at quarterback. the 27-year-old edwards logged time with the bills and jaguars, and will beat quarterback kyle boller for the backup job. the giants and reds battled for 13 innings last night with world series hero edgar renteria, now a red, hitting the

game-winning rbi. madison baumgardner needed a good start today. not going to happen. got rocked in the first inning. already down one. jay bruce slapped this two-run rbi single, scoring two. after a throwing error, men on second and third, they come home. man, 5-0 after one. top two, see ya. 450 feet. baumgardner was pulled after five. it's 7-2 in the sixth. highlights at 11:00. the national hot rod association is invading for the weekend.

it's a homecoming of sorts for ron august jr. the proud of pleasanton is back and racing in northern california once again. he finished 14th in today's top field qualifier. the bay area isn't known for producing nhra talent, but he says it was in his blood from day one. >> four or five nights a week, different tracks, fremont, half moon bay, every day they basically had a different place they were going. he helps with other crews. as i got older, he kind of told me he would always help me do this. we own cars together. if i didn't mess up big, he'd be there to help me. >> third round of the british open, yani tseng, shoots a 66, two back of the leader. senior u.s. open in toledo, and it was hot. so it was mark o'meara. shot a 66. birdie here on 17. two back of leader and playing partner olin brown, shooting a 65, sets a u.s. open 15 under after three rounds at inverness,

birdieing 17 and 18, looking for his first champions tour victory with a two-shot lead. tennis, marion bartolo walked into the finals. that's the way you want to get to the finals, just walk over. >> just like that. it's graduation day for some chicks in san francisco. where have they graduated from?d

>> thousands of runners will hit the streets tomorrow for the san francisco marathon. the first wave of runners takes off at 5:30 a.m., about an hour after leigh glaser gets up. starting line at the ferry building on the embarcadero. runners make their way across the golden gate bridge, then back through golden gate park, where the half marathon will end. for those brave enough to run back at the embarcadero, the race will result in several road closures tomorrow, including part of the embarcadero, and two northbound lanes of the golden gate bridge will be closed to traffic tomorrow morning from

6:00 to 9:00. it is graduation day for five penguin chicks at the san francisco zoo. they graduated from fish school and have returned to their birthplace at the zoo's penguin island. the two-month-olds learned to swim and were hand fed to get used to people. there are now a total of 49 penguins at the zoo. the kids grow up so fast, don't they? going to school soon, have a job soon, 401(k)s. >> at 4:30 in the morning, let's get up and run 26 miles, what do you think? >> that's not going to happen. >> that's it for abc7 news at 6:00. thanks for joining us tonight. we'll see you at 11:00.