tv Today in the Bay NBC July 10, 2011 7:00am-8:00am PDT
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good morning. i'm kris sanchez. coming up on "today in the bay," a deadly crash shuts down traffic on a busy interstate overnight and a triple killing in richmond. we'll show you what investigators think led to a n gunfight. an east bay police chief tells us his story after being tossed from a boat. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. taking a live look at oakland this morning, the a's are glad they are playing in texas.
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it is warm there. the giants are playing at home. >> keeping things cool for mets in town. it worked yesterday. pretty good day. you see temperatures around the bay area. 53 in san francisco with some misty skies underneath some of the low clouds. blanket of clouds. san jose actually not quite as cloudy. we have patchy low clouds around san francisco and oakland and as we go hour by hour which you'll see here, another fairly cool afternoon. highs upper 70s san jose. low 80s further inland around pleasanton and livermore. you'll probably be surprised about how cool the seven-day forecast is as we head to the workweek. a full look at that in just a few minutes. new this morning, southbound lanes on interstate 880 in oakland are open again after a deadly car crash. the accident happened around 3:00 this morning. one person was killed in the multicar wreck. the chp closed southbound lanes just north of 66th avenue in oakland for several hours though
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investigators are not yet releasing details on the victim or the cause of the crash right now. also new this morning, a san jose man is recovering from stab wound. police say the victim was stabbed near the intersection of south king and tully roads around 1:30 this morning. investigators are on the scene and not releasing victim's condition or suspect information right now. one week ago this morning a boat capsized tossing bay area fishermen into the dark waters of the sea of cortez. one man died and seven are still missing. most survivors have made their way home to the bay area and are talking about their terrifying experience in hopes of keeping the search for their friends alive. we have more on a harrowing ordeal of survival. >> reporter: charles gibson was fast asleep aboard the "erik" when the ship ran into a violent storm at 2:30 in the morning. >> i had headphones on that my
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son gave me for father's day for listening to music and a snoring machine. i was out like a light. and all i remember is my roommate, a guy name fish rich said, charles, get out of here. the ship is sinking. >> gibson ran above deck without clothes and was thrown from the boat by a huge wave. once in the water without a life vest, gibson clung to a cooler. >> i'm here and as i saw the ship pointed this direction just like the "titanic." it went slowly. i could read the name as it went down in the water. >> reporter: gibson said he swam for hours and a friend of his had a flotation device so he gave gibson his life vest. gibson said he was separated from the others and was alone in the sea for at least nine hours. then finally off in the distance he saw some rocks and a beach. >> being a basketball fan, i said you have to be like the
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lakers. you can't be like miami who let dallas come back on them. you have to continue to struggle. dance with the girl you brung. keep swimming. my knees buckled because the wave was powerful. i thought i would die here. >> reporter: gibson said at that point he began to pray. >> i need just a push to get to that island. as i'm back floating i got close and i made a turn and huge wave came and pushed me toward the island. >> reporter: once on land, a small fishing boat came by and gibson was rescued by the mexican navy. even though it's been almost a week since the boat sank, gibson has not given up hope his seven comrades will also be found alive. >> if i made it to an island, they can. i just hope they are somewhere on one of those islands out there waiting to be helped.
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>> gibson did not join in the criticism of the captain and the crew of the erik but other survivors said the crew did not do enough and did not issue a distress call. all 16 crew members survived. san francisco police officers have a new contract with the city. the san francisco chronicle reports the union overwhelmingly accepted the offer last night. police will get a 3% raise immediately and another 2% raise next year. they were promised those raises two years ago. now the deal also requires police to pay an additional 3% to their pensions so for this year it's basically a wash. the deal should save the city more than $10 million however over the next two years. critics are trying to get pension reform measure on the november ballot that would save more money. richmond police are investigating a triple homicide inside the iron triangle neighborhood that happened yesterday afternoon.
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police say three men were shot and killed during a robbery and a gun fight inside an apartment four blocks north of kaiser hospital. one of the victims, michael anderson, lived in the apartment. the other two victims also died. they were all in the same room. >> it's fairly small room and a lot of physical evidence so it will be a long process to collect the evidence and document what happened here. >> police say there's no suspect at this time however they did take one person of interest down to headquarters for questioning. in richmond just this week, six people have been killed. in japan tense times as another large earthquake prompted a tsunami warning in the same area recovering from the killer wave back in march. a 7.1 quake. the earthquake hit around 10:00 in the morning in japan which is about 6:00 p.m. our time. the quake shook skyscrapers in
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tokyo some 250 miles away. there are no reports of injuries or damage so far. japanese leaders say the fukushima nuclear plant was evacuated as a precaution following yesterday's quake. they did add that the quake did not cause any additional problems at the plant. the tsunami warning issued for the region has been lifted. the new earthquake which hit japan yesterday is adding more emphasis for a special prayer event in san francisco today. a local japanese american group will hold a flower offering ceremony. this event starts this morning at 11:00. it's being held to offer support of the victims of the march earthquake and tsunami which hit japan. we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." still to come, the royals california visit. they give hollywood a run for the money walking the red carpet and raising thousands of dollars for charity. and important road closures you'll want tonow k a illutbo f u'deyoea t hdano s francisco today. they're not bad news.
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good morning to you. a live look at one of the brave souls out in the water at aquatic park this morning enjoying a bit of exercise. a couple degrees cooler than usual but rob has more on that coming up. right now we want to talk about the royal couple. prince william and his bride are waking up for day three of their tour in the u.s. last night it was all about fun, food and glamour. "today in the bay" reports from downtown l.a. where saturday night the couple strutted the red carpet hollywood style. >> reporter: a royal visit to tinsel town wouldn't be complete without a walk down the red carpet and saturday night some of the biggest names in hollywood turned out in honor of the duke and duchess of cambridge. >> i would not be here were it not for the royal aspect. that was definitely the honey to my bee. >> this is fantastic for england and for all of the new talent that's here tonight. >> reporter: by far the most glamorous event of their visit,
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the royal couple hosted the british academy of film and television arts brits to watch dinner part in downtown los angeles where up and coming british talent are introduced to hollywood's movers and shakers. >> when american and british talent gets together, magic happens. let's continue the winning formula. >> reporter: earlier saturday the couple were helicoptered into the ritzy coastal city of santa barbara where the prince showed off his riding chops during a polo match during an american team that raised money for his family's charities. the prince's team won. the stars were shining their too as celebrity chef prepared a $4,000 a plate luncheon that included the couple's favorite foods. >> i think princess diana would be proud of who they and how they represent themselves and their titles. >> reporter: so far kate hasn't made any public remarks. that could change sunday when she makes two more appearances
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in l.a. >> she looked lovely. much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, we'll show you where you can rent skates for free. maybe even catch a circus. not a bad day for it. >> you may want to bundle up this morning. we have the mist there on the golden gate bridge camera. some low clouds abproboulyotld wec e nxp probably would not e sectot xpee in july. coming up in your seven-day
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good morning to you. we have cameras all around the bay area of the golden gate bridge in san jose and san rafael and oakland. this one has a touch of sunshine. >> we are seeing sunshine. sunol looks good. when you see low clouds all of the way inland to sunol and dublin or pleasanton, you know you have a thick marine layer surging into inland valleys. right now we do have low clouds over san francisco. a few areas this morning you may need windshield wipers. mist or some heavy hair spray rain as we like to say
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sometimes. fine mist coming down in oakland in a few areas. 56 degrees. san jose, less in the way of low clouds. a lot is around the coast and around the peninsula and punching in toward the east bay. mostly 50s outside. 48 in novato. and you can see 55 out toward livermore where you have that wind that will pick up for the afternoon. it is again the marine air or the ocean air conditioning punching all of the way into fairfield once again just like yesterday morning. southwest winds at 21. this cool air surging inland. marine layer up to 2,000 feet thick which is good news for air quality. stirs up the air and keeps air quality looking good even for the tri-valley and south bay and santa clara valley to wrap up the weekend. the radar view is active for los angeles and phoenix. thunderstorms well off to our south and east. really nothing around the bay area except we have a trough which is passing by to the north. this is going to reinforce both some cooler air aloft and keep the ocean breeze going through the day today.
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we still have some hot temperatures further south into southern california. we'll see numbers in the 80s and 90s around los angeles if you are heading south along interstate 5 later today and in fact we'll see cooling reaching the central valley dropping out of the 100s for fresno and bakersfield. 62 cool degrees in monterey. sacramento, 87 degrees. that's a drop in temperatures from yesterday where we had highs in the mid 90s. cooler air inland to sacramento today. numbers in the 60s for san francisco and oakland. 70s for most of the inner bay. hayward, and now the seven-day forecast which is unusual for july this is typically the hottest weather we see during the year on average. to have inland highs mid 70s for places like livermore and close to 80 this week, that's unusually cool. comfortably cool. next weekend we should see
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numbers rebounding again by next saturday and sunday. back to you. >> all right. comfortably cool not a bad way to be today. san francisco roads will be closed because the city is hosting the sunday streets event. roadways from john f. kennedy drive to great highway will be shut down. a circus, free skate rentals and soccer demonstrations. the event starts at 11:00 this morning and more sunday streets are planned for throughout the summer. one of those events was a special performance by san francisco symphony orchestra. they will hold today an instrument petting zoo and demonstrate instruments to children before children in golden gate park. there will be a range of classics. stake out your spot early. the instrument petting zoo starts at 12:30. in oakland, special events
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for families to learn how to make clothing and art work. the fiber and textile festival will be at oakland splash pad park. starts at 10:00. admission is free. there will be hands-on demonstrations on knitting, spinning and weaving. organizers say the event builds community by interaction between people and businesses. 50 nannies from 30 countries will take part in all that san francisco has to offer while completing a list of entertaining tasks in several shops around union square. the team that completes the most tasks with photo proof by 5:00 this evening will win. during the week they care for bay area children and volunteer in communities and provide high quality affordable live-in child care. nightmare bosses at the center of a new comedy in theaters this weekend.
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jennif jennifer aniston takes on a role she never tried before. >> i missed saying good-bye to my gam-gam. >> i had no idea that you called your grandmother gam-gam. >> this time it's for laughs in "horrible bosses." >> when you play a character you would label as a bad character or villain in a more serious film, it has a different feel. >> reporter: spacey stars along with jennifer aniston as psycho bosses their employees want goneful. >> why don't you kill each other's bosses? >> that's an idea easier said than done. >> i thought it was such a premise that almost everybody can sort of identify with. >> reporter: aniston's role as a sex obsessed dentist gave her new territory to explore. >> i learn i can definitely say a lot of things that i never
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thought i would ever say on camera. >> reporter: the adult humor spiced things up on the set. >> it's very difficult when you are shooting not to spend about 70% of your time blowing takes because you're laughing so hard. >> reporter: aniston was especially taken by the would-be assassins. >> i don't understand that amazing chemistry. they were so phenomenal and fun and i couldn't take my eyes off of them. i was so bummed when it ended. >> reporter: for audiences, the laughs are just starting this weekend. mark barger, nbc news. >> i might see that one. much more ahead on "today in the bay." ,till to me ofone tari m b'sinonosol. one of britain's most successful newspapers printst its last
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do toe tapping. the wake-up song for the space shuttle "atlantis" this morning was dedicated to commander chris ferguson. today "atlantis" will dock with the international space station and the crew will begin delivering supplies. the shuttle is set to land july 20th at kennedy space center. nasa says they may add one more day to the mission. today's edition of england's controversial and hugely popular newspaper "news of the world" will be the last. a hacking scandal plagued the tabloid so much so that they decided to shut it down. >> reporter: after the final edition of the "news of the world" rolled off the presses, the paper's editor and its staff showed off the front page. the headline, thank you and good-bye. the 168-year-old tabloid that thrived on scandal, shamed celebrities and brought down politicians was brought down by
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a scandal of its own making involving allegations of bribery and voice mail hacking that one paper dubbed britain's watergate. three people have been arrested so far including the paper's former editor who was once a key aide to british prime minister david cameron. he's out on bail. >> i think this is a very sad day for the news in the world. >> reporter: this weekend the paper's owner whose holding include fox television network and "the wall street journal" arrives in london to deal with the crisis personally. the paper is being investigated for paying police and hacking into people's private cell phone messages. among the alleged victims, the families of fallen soldiers and victims of the 2005 london terror attack. and they are accused of deleting messages from the anguished parents of a murdered 13-year-old girl. speaking to staff this week, an executive at the paper suggested there will be more revelations of criminal activity.
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>> i think in a year's time every single one of you in this room might come up and say, okay, well, i see what you saw now. >> reporter: in the end, the newspaper became the story and started a scandal that may change the nature of british tabloid journalism. the u.s. women's soccer team is in germany preparing for quarterfinals against brazil. the brazil team is deep and talented and one of the world's best players is on that team. we spoke with the co-captain of the u.s. national team about how they hope to stop brazil. >> they have a very, talented skillful player. the most important thing is good team defense. staying compact. covering for each other and sticking together as a unit is the best way to deal with her.
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>> buhler went to stanford. she did have advice for young girls who want to chase their own dreams on the soccer field. >> the girls that want to be star soccer players, always remember to have fun. that's what soccer and sports are about. sometimes when you are so driven you lose that aspect. you'll be playing your best and you'll be the happiest if you focus on having fun out there. >> the u.s./brazil match kicks off at 8:00 this morning. we'll be watching. just because the nba is entering a lockout doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good hoop tournament in the bay area. so you think you can hoop, three on three baseball tournament with $1,000 as grand prize. the hoop competition and outdoor festivities will be held at oracle arena from 9:00 this morning until 3:00 this afternoon. this competition promises to showcase the best street ball players the bay area has to
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offer. you can cheer for your favorite teams, listen to a free deejay and enjoy a massage. christian lopez's hands did not drop derek jeter's 3,000th hit. lopez was at the bottom of several piles during his football playing days. no pile of more significant than the one he came out of at yankee stadium last night. lopez emerged clutching derek jeter's 3,000th career hit after the yankee homered in the third inning. lucky to land the prize. lopez was more than happy to give it back to jeter in exchange for season tickets and other goodies. i don't think he was expecting that. he was just doing the right thing. much more ahead "today in the bay," losing hope. we have the search for survivors seven missing fishermen still at sea. they're from the bay area. their story coming up. berbullying. a new law signed this weekend
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bully other)5 can you say brrr. looks chilly in san francisco this morning but very summerlike at least in the city around the bay area cooler than we usually are used to this time of year. thank you for joining us. i'm kris sanchez along with meteorologist rob mayeda. usually this time of year we see a big difference between coast and inland areas and we're smack dab in the middle. >> only in the bay area microclimate. 60 in san francisco and 100 in livermore. we're narrowing that down. 80 and 60 around san francisco later on. 56 in oakland. sunny breaks in low clouds. 55 in san jose. speaking of san francisco, misty skies and low clouds there. game time for wrap-up of the giants/mets series. temperatures close to 60 and another cool day out at the ballpark. the all-star break begins tomorrow. go giants.
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you can see hour by hour for temperatures. we'll stay cool all day long right there around san francisco with temperatures low 60s to upper 50s around pacifica and san francisco. upper 60s in oakland. 70s in san jose. livermore, 80 today. if you think that seems mild, you haven't seen anything yet. wait until you see the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much, rob. this morning a san jose man is recovering after he was stabbed. police say the victim was stabbed near the intersection of south king and tully roads. it happened around 1:30 this morning. investigators are not yet releasing many details on his condition or whether they have any suspects right now. one week after a sportfishing boat capsized off the coast of mexico, the search continues for seven bay area friends who are still missing. their both capsized last sunday after waves battered the vessel. 35 people were able to escape just before it sank. one of the survivors is the chief of police at contra costa college and says he was thrown overboard. charles gibson said he swam for
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nine hours after being separated from the group. eventually spotted land and needed an extra push from the sea to reach safety. >> i said, lord, you said you were going to help me. all i need is a little push to get to that island. as i'm back floating i made a huge turn and a huge wave came and pushed me toward the island. >> once on land, gibson was rescued by the mexican navy. it's been a week since the accident, gibson is not giving up hope on rescuing the seven fishermen still missing. the u.s. navy and u.s. coast guard are continuing that search. police say a man was performing undergroundwork at a neighborhood yesterday afternoon and cut through a live wire which sent sparks through his body. the victim was taken to a local hospital where he is listed in stable condition but he does have third-degree burns. an update to a hayward shooting we told you about yesterday morning. a 32-year-old man is in critical
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condition after standoff with hayward police. witnesses say earlier in the day the man attacked and injured another man in his late 50s outside a restaurant. police searched for the attacker and they say they tracked him to an apartment complex near cypress and austin avenues in hayward. the man reportedly fired shots at an officer and then ran away after a massive police search however police did surround the house and negotiated with the suspect for more than an hour. police say the man then shot himself in the head. he's hospitalized as we mentioned and is now in critical condition. governor jerry brown signed a new law this weekend making it easier for schools to punish students who bully other kids online. back in 1996 when anti-bullying laws were first drafted, session networking sites were not as popular as they are today. those important three words, social networking sites, were not included in the language of the law. they are now. the new legislation may have stopped her daughter from
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attempting to take her life because of constant bullying from two of her classmates. >> i don't think she would have. people are talking about it now. people all over are talking about it now because so many kids have killed themselves. >> because of legislation introduced by an assembly woman and signed into law, schools will now be able to suspend students for bullying their classmates on social networking sites and not just in person. the city of martinez is thanking local communities for helping out to honor the memory of one of its own police officers. a large turnout showed up during the blood drive on friday. in fact, there were so many people, some blood donors had to be turned away because of lack of space. the city collected 75 units of blood, more than twice of what it was expecting. sergeant carter served with the police force since 2000 but died last month after a two-year battle with cancer.
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the city plans to hold the event at a larger site next year. ticket reservations for the september 11th memorial at the world trade center will soon be available. starting monday people who want to visit the memorial will be able to start reserving tickets over the internet. visitors will have to reserve a specific entry time to the memorial which can accommodate 1,500 people at a time. the memorial opens to the public on monday, september 12th. we have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." still to come, we'll look at the business week ahead and ready for your workweek and it's
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there you have it. the state of the u.s. economy will be a big focus in the business world this week. we should find out how bad inflation could be and tech titans like google will release earnings reports as well. >> wall street looks to get back on track follow the dismal jobs report for june and the debt crisis meeting at the white house. the federal reserve releases minutes from its latest policy meeting. we'll see where the nation's central bankers think the economy is headed and if they have new ideas to jump-start things. we'll also find out how bad inflation may be with readings on consumer and producer prices and how much more americans spent at the mall in june with government's reading on retail sales. this week marks the beginning of earnings season on wall street when companies tell us whether profits rose or fell over the last three months. pittsburgh's alcoa kicks things off and earnings there may have tripled thanks to higher aluminum prices. other companies looking to
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report strong earnings report for last quarter include google thanks to more internet ads and major banks jpmorgan chase and citigroup. this year the all-star game is in phoenix where the average temperature is 107 degrees. don't worry about the players or the fans. chase field is air conditioned. warner brothers closes out hollywood magic as final movie in the boy wizard series opens in theaters on friday. get your business news on cnbc. >> our political analyst will join us in just a few minutes to talk about the debt crisis. you can get all of your business and tech news before the bell weekdays on "today in the bay" which starts at 4:30 in the morning. one of san francisco's most beloved theaters is closing.
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we see the struggle of the single screen theaters. >> reporter: they are the architecture tombstone when the single screen was king. the rhetoric movie house has always been the funky cousin of those grand movie palaces from its quirky prefilm reminding patrons to clean up after themselves to padded benches and a mix of movies. >> i showed 5,000 fingers of dr. t. and deadman and movies i heard about but never had a chance to see. >> after 31 years in business, the screen will soon fade to black as it becomes another casualty of the changing way people watch films. >> the closing because at this point it's not a sustainable business. it's really hard to run a movie theater in general let alone a little cinema. >> the red vic was a neighborhood living room streaming services like netflix
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have given movie fans more reasons to stay at home. >> the industry has changed. the sort of theater landscape in san francisco has changed with it. we're fortunate to have a lot more neighborhood theaters than most american cities. >> 40 single screen theaters in san francisco have closed. alfonso felder says small theaters will have to adapt. >> i think increasingly you're going to see nonprofits involved in running these theaters or certainly in owning them. >> the last waltz was one of the first firms and now the theater will take its own final bow on july 25 stepping gracefully into san francisco's movie past. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." n'iol to come, the, ta.wemsb lk larry about the
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first place. this sunday is a workday not just for me but president obama and congressional leaders meeting on hoping on extending the national debt. "today in the bay" political analyst larry gerston joins us now. let's start with how we got here in the first place. >> there's nothing new about national debt. ever since the beginning of the founding of revolution days when they borrowed money to pay for what we got so we have been borrowing to finance wars and sometimes because of massive tax cuts and sometimes recently to stimulate the economy and just to pay our bills. we've had a history of paying out more money than we collect. that is just the way it's been. a lot of countries are like this by the way. there you have it. today after all these years the national debt totals $14.3 trillion which is by the way 92% of the nation's gross domestic
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product. 92% of what we earn and spend in an entire year. now we're about to hit that ceiling again august 2nd so says treasury secretary tim geithner which leaves congress with two ugly alternatives. they are ugly when you talk money. either raise the ceiling to permit borrowing or leave out various payments along the way or somehow find expenditures that you have to cut. you have to do one thing or the other. you can't keep things the way they are. that's all there is to it. >> always the same story whether talking about our family budget or nation's budget, you have to cut or spend less or bring in more money, right? >> right. >> what's the problem this time? >> we know that at home. we have to deal with that with our budgets all the time. when you talk about the national budget as another story, it gets down to the word that everyone knows. it gets down to politics and political values and somehow they have to figure this out. republicans want to go along
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with raising the ceiling. that's okay as long as democrats agree to major spending cuts. now, where are you going to cut spending? i tell you something, social security, medicare, medicaid, how about 70% of the budget goes to those programs and they are all third rail programs. nobody wants that cut. defense, no wants that cut? democrats are willing to make spending cuts. okay. they say, look, you can't do it only with spending cuts. we've got to raise taxes particularly those taxes and those bush tax cuts for the wealthy. do that and we can close some of the spending deficits and with that we can properly stimulate some more growth. you have to do it one way or the other. everyone wants to spend less money as long as the cuts don't affect their jobs. as long as cuts don't affect what i'm getting from the program, whether it's veterans benefits, whether it's health care, whether it's transportation programs, don't make those cuts. where are you going to get it
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from? that's the problem. >> we'll cut from you, not me. >> there you go. >> with the elections around the corner, you have to ask, you know, what's on the line here for both of these parties? >> this time it's real serious. we've done this 40 times in the last few years raise the debt. you're going to get a different answer from each side depending upon again those political values and those politics. there's no question about it. most economists say, most mainstream economists say you got to get to some kind of agreement on somehow raising some kind of taxes, lowering some of the federal spending to allow the ceiling to be raised yet again because if we don't, america's credit is going to suffer. suffer big-time. this is not a threat. this is the reality. just look and see what's happened to other countries around the world. our credit will suffer because we won't be able to pay our bills and don't pay bills and people get mad. especially the ones that are holding bonds and other things expecting government to pay
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those things. it's going to hurt the financial institutions. it's going to send markets on their heels and in the process america could be in very bad shape. that's the kind of thing that they are talking about today in very serious mode at the white house. >> they are very much thinking about august 2nd. that's the deadline. what happens if we miss it? >> in fact, kris, you have to get this together ten days before that. what people don't realize is there are not just four, eight or ten people in the president's office. there are hundreds of people right now with different programs trying to make this work. they have got to have time to analyze it. >> okay. all right. we also have more of larry's political insights any time of day on nbcbayarea.com. just look for the prop zero tab and you will find his blog. see you next weekend. internet providers are trying a new tactic for illegal downloaders. there will be warners to users who they suspect of stealing
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content. they will have progressively harder consequences and ultimately the customer's internet connection could be slowed down to a snail's pace. they reserve the right to cut off anyone who violates their terms of service. hybrid and electric cars are smooth, fast and quiet. maybe too quiet. the national transportation safety administration plans to push for a rule that requires a noise system on those cars. it would work under few conditions like at low speed, backing up or turning. the driver would not have to do anything to make it work and that is a new rule that would not take effect until 2014 giving car makers a three-year window to make the necessary changes. they are very quiet, aren't they? much more ahead on "today in the bay" -- still to come, we'll talk with a local band co-headlining this week's music in the park in downtown san jose. >> here's a look at sunol this morning. have pahy low clouds. very cool temperatures to wrap
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forecastrí0ahead.su4tneznuzc5tkí welcome back now as we take a live look across the bay this morning. you can see some fog and some low clouds and some misty skies around the bay area this morning. we do have temperatures that are running quite cool as you would expect as we get that strong case of ocean air conditioning. southwest winds at 12. over to san jose, 55. more sunshine around parts of the south bay but back to san francisco misty skies and that hair spray rain as we like to say sometimes. enough to get the windshield wipers going in a few spots. golden gate bridge 54 degrees. 50s for the most part to start the morning. all-day sea breeze and temperatures won't warm up a lot. we've been seeing winds up to 25 miles per hour. the winds good news for air quality.
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good news for outdoor plans today as we see sunshine for inland spots and good air quality. around northern california we do have a weather system that is passing by to the north which will help to reinforce that ocean air conditioning and cooler air aloft will drift into northern california. the combination of the two will keep our temperatures running pretty mild. temperatures cooling down as we head through the workweek especially for some of our inland valleys. yesterday morning at this time we had hurricane calvin and now just fizzling out running into cooler waters. good news as this system moves away from baja california. it will unravel and toss high clouds our way as we head toward tuesday and wednesday. back to your bay area temperatures, running very cool for this time of year. 78 in san jose. we could very easily see temperatures in the 90s. not the case today unless you are driving up to ukiah. that's one spot close to 90. about 93 in chico. seven-day forecast comfortable. don't be surprised for morning mist and drizzle for your
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morning drive monday through wednesday and then turning warmer as we head toward next weekend. kris? >> thank you very much. san jose's music in the park is a tradition a lot of kids have grown up with. it's in it's 23rd year. some musicians that grew up in san jose will be highlighting. you have an interesting story because you guys grew up in san jose. did you go to music in the park when you were kids too? >> i used to go all the time. i remember seeing smash mouth and third eye blind. >> i've been going for years. i used to even before i could drive my friends would go and take the light rail and, you know, try to shoulder tap beer. >> we'll keep that on the dl. the kind of cool story about you guys is you are getting a lot of
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national attention and getting national buzz and doing it without a record label. how do you push through? you are persistent. my producer can attest to that. >> really just spending a lot of time on the internet. the internet is such an easy place to reach kids. you just got to really work hard at how to target them correctly and how to really connect with the fans one-on-one instead of just putting blogs out and post out. we make it an effort to write back to every single person via facebook, e-mail, myspace and twitter. >> you hit it on the head. it's important for us to be interpersonal with everyone that comes out to the shows. we take the time to talk to everyone that we can. we make it as personal as possible and get to know everyone that we can. be as communicative as possible. we work hard all the time. >> i bet. you have to. a lot of people say that the internet and streaming and what not is bad for the music business but i think it's just bad for the big music business, right? it's good for local musicians i
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would think. >> it just depends on what side you are really on. for us of course we would like to sell as many records as possible but we also don't mind giving away tons of cds. our last two cds ago we gave away 30,000 copies of our cd. >> just gave them away? >> gave them away. >> cd sells for how much? >> $5 to $10. >> that's a lot of money you gave away. >> we burned all of those one by one ourselves. took us about a year to do it. we did it. >> it's really cool to see that kind of persistence and you guys are just regular kids from san jose. you went to pioneer high school. >> archbishop. >> where did you go to school? >> st. francis. >> lancer action. >> it's testament that hard work can pay off if you are consistent.
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you have to do the work. kids have the misconception they will be plucked from obscurity. >> they think they play a couple shows but that's not how it works. it's 24/7. we've been doing this since we were kids. i've been lucky to do with my best friends which helps a lot. >> getting national buzz. people are talking about you for sure. >> it feels good. we have been working so hard for so long. he hit it right on the head. it's a job. it's a 40 to 60-hour a week job. people get in bands and hang out with friends and don't realize they are signing up for another job. we have a ton of fun doing it and wouldn't change it for the world but it's a ton of hard work. we're lucky that some of it paid off and we had great opportunities to try to keep it going and bring it back for the bay area and represent the people who stuck up for us all this time. >> music in the park is on thursday nights at plaza caesar chavez in downtown san jose. you can catch 5606. music starts at 5:30. i hope you guys keep on going
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