this debate over budget and deficit is about more than just numbers on a page. >> president obama is preparing a mixture of tax hikes and cuts to programs. he says it's the only way to tackle the staggering deficit. >> the president is speaking right now from george washington university in washington, d.c. he says it would reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over 12 years. a new budget estimate released wednesday says the spending bill

negotiated president obama and john boehner would produce less than 1% in claimed saving by the end of the second year. before he started speaking, republicans even shot down his proposal. >> leading republicans say any discussion of any discussion of a higher taxes is a non-starter. president is starting it anyway. he says it's necessary to reduce the deficit. it would be share of tax cuts, for households of $250,000 and lower and domestic military spending. >> we can't tax the very people we expect to reinvest in our economy and create jobs. washington has a spending problem not a revenue problem. >> but the president and democrats say the lack of revenue will cause some of the nation's most critical programs to suffer, including education and healthcare. >> the republican budget reaches

its four trillion dollars in cuts by essentially eliminating medicare as we know it and undermine medicaid. >> and congressional leaders representing the bay area unveil their own proposed budget this morning. >> this the people's budget. since nearly two-thirds of the american people don't think the war in afghanistan is worth fighting, our budget calls for finally bringing the troops home. >> the national debt is currently $14 trillion. president plans to ask congress to extend that credit limit but reading republicans say they won't consider it unless the president doesn't come up with a long term plan that americans can is support. >> a new report says hiring is picking up as the economy grows. labor department says businesses in february posted the largest number of job openings in two years. federal analysts say they advertised more than 3 million

jobs, that is the most since september 2008. that was at the height of the financial crisis. >> a man is in good condition after driving his car off a steep cliff. it plunged off the peak in the berkeley hills. the driver who was alone got back to the road and got help. man told authorities he may have blacked out and they are checking out his story. >> there is new information into a investigati of an accused is serial killer. he is expected of killing four northern california women between 1977 and 1994. he is making his first appearance in court this afternoon. terry mcsweeney joins us with more. >> about half an hour ago, district attorney released this formal complaint against joseph naso laying out the charges,

four counts of murder with special circumstances. while the murders that this talks about occurred in northern california, police from new york state are also interested in this case thinking that he may be involved with murders back there. 77-year-old joseph naso is going to be in court at 1:30 this afternoon. he allegedly killed two bay area woman, one that was dumped in fairfax county and one that was dumped in contra costa county but new york state police are wondering if this image put together by investigators in 1973. he would have been 39 years old. if the artist rendition based on eyewitness account that three girls were murdered in the rochester area. it was dubbed the initial killings because the first and last name's initial is the same.

in fact one of girls killed in new york was also named carmen cologne. investigators found evidence connecting him to the california killings but found nothing tying him to the new york homicides. he did live there in rochester, a dna sample from the victim did not match naso. he says he had permission from other jurisdictions to prosecute all four cases. he is being held without bond. it will be making his first court appearance at 1:30 this afternoon. >> cheryl: funeral services are taking place at this moment for a popular oakland businessman who was murdered last week. campos was killed when he was opening his mexican restaurant in the fruitvale district. traditional native dancers were

there. family members stood by as they brought the casket into the church. mourners overflowed into the streets. >> janelle: we're hearing for the first time of friend of bryan stow about the attack of opening day in dodger stadium. he said that the march 31 game between the giants and dodgers progressed from intimidating to hostile. he said that dodger fans were throwing things at them at the game. they were walking in the parking lot having a conversation when somebody pushed them from behind. corey says he did not provoke the attackers and never saw it coming. stow remains in a medically induced coma. >> meantime, giants announced they raised $70,000 during a fund-raiser monday night. both teams dedicated the game to

stow and also stow's medical responsible to raise money. he worked as paramedic for amr. find out more information on our website at abc7news.com under see out tv. >> cheryl: the jury in barry bonds case is deliberating for the if fourth day. they are trying to reach a verdict on bonds. one count of obstruction and three counts of lying to a 2003 grand jury which was investigating steroid dealing at balco. prosecutors claim bonds lied when he denied knowingly taking steroids and human growth hormones. students and teachers across the country are unifying to show their outrage of budget cuts, overcrowded classrooms. amy hollyfield joins us live from the hayward campus. what is going on right now.

>> reporter: you know, janelle, we usually see this at berkeley. the students here say they are frustrated and angry. behind me they are setting what will be slam poetry and teach-ins but they started the day's events with some rally cries and picket signs. >> students at cal certainty university and their professors stepped out of the classroom to make a statement together. >> i'm fighting for my future as a faculty member and i'm really fighting for my students. we deserve a future and without an education we will not have a future. >> students and faculty have stories of packed classrooms, a lack of supplies, broken technology and tuition increases that put college classes out of reach for many. >> i am the peer advisor and the freshmen are coming in and automatically the first quarter

they are taking out loans. didn't have to do that. opportunities were difficult when i started in 2006. >> reporter: they are concerned about what already has happened but also what is yet to come. >> they are looking to cut $500 million from csu but that may be double. we're looking at one billion in cuts to csu. that is going to be catastrophic that level of cuts. >> reporter: protestors have a full day planned. they are calling for cuts at the administration level instead of cuts to the classroom. cal straight administration refuse had to comment on the zblests as americans we really have to start making demands on the legislature and show how much we value public education. if we don't fund it what is going to happen to our future in california. >> reporter: they do plan to storm the offices here to make sure they are heard and they are

calling for the resignation of the chance legislator. live in hayward, amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." thank you so much. >> still ahead, new worries about those working at napa state hospital. some say patients are looking for revenge. >> and had how far is too far after a six-year-old

an autopsy will be performed on a patient who died on monday at napa state hospital. staff members are now concerned about possible retaliation. according to the sheriff's department, 47-year-old william roebling was subdued after accused of attacking another patient. staff members are worried what other patients might do. >> there are some individual and some of the patients that are threatening other staff because one of the patients died. and patients and staff are both really worried, they are scared, they are scared something else is going to happen. >> earlier this year, employees held several protests demanding more security after two attempts attacks on staff. >> cheryl: an air controller was apparently sleep on the job. this morning this incident

happened in reno, nevada. a medical flight with eight people on board were forced to land without any help after the only air traffic controller did not respond after repeated contact from the plane. faa says the controller was out of communication for about 16 minutes. controller has been suspended rule the faa investigates. >> tsa says it's review it's airport screening policies after video of little girl being patted down went viral on the internet. a six-year-old was selected for the extra screening in news conference. they defended the search that children have been used to carry explosives in some countries and are subject to the same screening measures as adults but anna's parents told "good morning america," at the the extra screening was unnecessarily traumatic. >> she broke down crying

because -- we were struggling how to explain this. it really stressed her. not to be touched in certain places and she is pat down in a public setting at an airport. >> in a statement the tsa said the officer followed proper procedure but that the agency is reviewing the policies to try to move beyond a one side fits all screening system. >> cheryl: it's raining outside or it was. >> it's raining in some areas. one of the areas has received moisture. we are looking from emeryville where we've had .11 of an inch in oakland. warming trend for the weekend. >> and also coming up a new survey shedding new light on the reason for the nation's

childhood obesity epidemic. >> troubled images of an injured cat that

>> cheryl: in santa cruz they are looking for the people responsible to shooting a 12 inch crossbow into a cat's head.

the cat returned home with that in his head. max is recuperating from surgery. despite his injury the cat is doing very well. the person responsible could face criminal animal abuse charges. very disturbing. >> very hard to look at that. >> but she okay. >> janelle: a look out the window and it started raining. i don't know what weather is like but i went to the window and i went, whoa, showers. >> here we are in san francisco this morning, we got some showers, got people off guard but these folks must have been watching channel 7.

the storm is bringing another nice blanket of late season snow to the ski resorts in tahoe, just hurts to watch all those empty chair lifting by. you can see some of the storms that are moving away from san francisco right now. you can see them also on live doppler 7 hd. best rain in the diablo range and one of strongest moving down to morgan hill. when the storms came through, it left .01 in san jose and .11 in oakland. it's going to continue the shrinking pattern as it heads eventually to fresno. if you are heading out. be prepared for scattered showers, upper 40s around san rafael and concord. to mid-50s elsewhere. low to mid-50s around the

monterey bay with scattered showers in your afternoon forecast. breezy and cooler for all of us even if you missed the rain. it moves to the north and dry pattern to take over and warmer weather for the weekend and spilling into early parts of next week. here is a look at the cold front. it's just now moving through the north bay so your chances are scattered shower are quickly tapering. best chance right along the front you see here at noon and about 3:00 moving out of south bay and into the central valley. by 6:00, nothing for the commute tonight. it ought to be pretty easy. as we head through the overnight hours, few clouds and patchy fog from the rain developing tomorrow morning. about .05 to .25. east bay valleys with mid-50s to low 60s around east bay shore. 63 in los gatos. on the peninsula, upper 50s to

near 60 degrees with low to mid-50s along our beaches. mid-50s downtown south san francisco may make it to the upper 50s but inland upper 50s to near 60 degrees, monterey and carmel, low to mid-50s for rest of the monterey bay and inland. don't worry about rain tonight at the game with a temperature of 54 dropping down to about 50 degrees. tomorrow we will see sunshine and temperatures 2-4 degrees warmer and 2-6 degrees warming on saturday. mid-70s around the bay. and temperatures will hover around those same marks sunday through tuesday. a new survey sheds light for the reason own of the nation's childhood obesity epidemic. a survey of 1600 patients found that most parents are providing a healthy home environment really aren't.

52% say their kids eat junk food one to four days a week. 16% say their children play outside daily. federal guidelines recommend that children get an hour or more of exercise a day. they say it's did i difficult to provide a healthy lifestyle because of distractions. actress catherine zeta jones is go treatment for bipolar disorder. a representative says after dealing with the stress of the past year. she has checked herself in a mental health facility. they say she is looking forward  for deals these days,not g

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