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no deal yet on the nation's debt crisis. so how will asian markets and wall street react? good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. the crisis before the crisis appears to have been averted. asian stock markets so far have not taken a dive. even though there's still no deal in washington to lift america's debt ceiling amidst concerns of a melt down. debra villalon is live to tell us what's next. >> reporter: many lawmakers wanted a deal before the asian
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markets opened that didn't happen. this federal building is home to many services and employees and now like so many others it's on the bubble. >> this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something can be done very simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. >> reporter: there is blame and bluster. >> shouldn't we be worried about the country. >> reporter: but there is no deal. and the deadline for lifting the nation's debt ceiling is a near nine days away, august 2nd. top democrats reed and pelosi, briefed president obama this evening while house speaker boehner carried out a long conference call with republicans. both parties are scrambling now on rival plans to avert the first default in u.s. history. >> our plan is to get congress to raise the debt ceiling on plan. >> that's not a plan. >> that is the plan. it will happen this time too. >> reporter: but the devil as
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always is in the details. republicans won't accept more debt without spending cuts. democrats won't accept cuts without closing loophole, republicans see that as more taxes. the gop says short term, the white house wants long. >> and not some short term gimmick when we're back in this in six or eight months and the world looks at us once again and says, these people just can't get their act together. >> reporter: since it take s a few days to get legislation, the deadline seems to be wednesday on this political day of chicken has huge stakes. the federal treasury writes some 800 million checks each
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month. more details now about what could happen if the debt limit is not raised. the u.s. treasury would not have money to pay off all of its debts and could default on some loans. credit agency say they would downgrade the u.s.'s credit limit. it's unclear how long before payments such as social security and other federal paychecks would be affected. right now it's the middle of the trading day at the major asian markets and all are down slightly. ktvu channel 2 news will have the latest on the asian market at 6:30. a bear mauling in alaska has injured a richmond teenagers. he was a group of teens attacked by a mother bear with
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her cubs this weekend. two teens suffered injuries. however the richmond teen identified as victor martin has already been released from the hospital. martin was taking part in a survival training when they were attacked. it's unclear if the bear was a grizzly or brown bear. joining us now is megan peters, what can you tell us about what happened? >> reporter: there's a group of teenagers that were participating in this outdoor leadership program, they were at the end of their training, they were off on an individual group session where they were practicing their skills without one of the adult instructors. as they were crossing a river, creek in the area where the attack occurred, they were single file one at the other crossing, the people at the back of the line reported that
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when they were still crossing, but the people at the front had made it across. they heard the people in the front screaming that there was a bear. that's when the mauling occurred. two people were critically injured. and then three remaining either had minor injuries related to the bear attack or they had exposure related issues. >> and can you talk to us now about the response? how did you find out about the bear mauling and how do you respond to an incident like this? >> we really did not know what we were responding to when we set out. we got word that a personal locator becon had been set off. we knew that the group of teens were told not to activate it unless there was a medical emergency or some type of energy situation that they
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could not hand -- emergency situation that they could not handle themselves. we did not know what we were facing when we sent our hilo one to the scene. when we landed and found what was in front of us. it was a huge ordeal that these kids encountered. what's truly remarkable is not only did they survive the attack, they came together, they were able to establish a camp, they took care of each other as best as they could by providing whatever first aid they could, and they just hunkered down and waited for help to come. they were out there for hours. it's incredible the gumption, the character, the grit that these kids were able to gather up and just hunker down and survive it. >> reporter: especially given the fact of what they were facing. megan peters joins us on the phone. the alaska state troopers, thank you so much for details exactly what happened in alaska, again to recap, several teens, a group of teens mauled by a bear and among those
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injured is a teenager from richmond, thank you megan. a sudden wave of violence hits richmond and brings the homicide rate to a grim total. ktvu's john sasaki tell us last night's shooting left one person dead and another critically injured. 19-year-old alejandro avila became richmond's 26th victim of the year last night. >> i just want to say he was a good kid. >> reporter: investigators believe it was gang related although avila's sister says he was not related to a gang. >> he was a good kid, and i hope you regret it. >> reporter: with nine killings this month, the city has already matched last year's total. >> it's really disturbing the lack of human life that we've seen. >> reporter: at the independent community church, reverend raymond landry say three
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families have been devastated by killings that happened just this month. >> in reality we're family, and sometimes we can be angry at family members. but we don't have to go kill them. because we're angry with them. you know we have to figure that one out in the black community. >> reporter: paul shavens lost a 20-year-old great nephew over the weekend. the third great nephew he's lost in the last month. >> the community has to choose to live. >> reporter: the police announced a gang task force that will cut down on this kind of activity. john sasaki, ktvu news. investigators in oakley are looking for two more suspects in last night's shooting. police found 22-year-old omar martinez shot to death inside a car around 7:00 p.m. near ohare avenue and laurel road. the condition of the 16-year-
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old boy shot has not been released. police arrested 21-year-old david vargas in connection with the shooting but they say resulted from an argument involving people who knew each other. an 11-year-old san francisco girl is on the road to recovery tonight after being hit by a stray bullet. the girl was at her uncle's home when a bullet came through the window and struck her right above the heart. her uncle says she underwent surgery but is in critical condition. three teens were arrested. the two new suspects in the case of case of bryan stow will be charged tomorrow. stow suffered brain damage and has been in a coma. the two men face assault and
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mayhem charges. a third suspect dorene sanchez could be charged with accessory. the first day that new york same-sex marriage law went into effect, several couples married just after midnight with hundreds more lining up throughout the day to tie the knot. meanwhile thousands of gay marriage opponents protested all across the state. they say new york lawmakers redefined marriage without giving voters to weigh in. as they have in other states including here in california. while the legal batting continues here, supporters are energized by the victory in new york. allie rasmus brings us excitement to the law. >> reporter: if rudy would have it his way, new york's state flag would be flying over the castro. >> of course, why not. what's wrong with a party. >> reporter: there were celebrations in new york where
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hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knots seconds after gay marriage became legal at midnight. >> it's a breakthrough on many different levels and i think that california deserves it. >> reporter: california used to allow same-sex marriage but not anymore. some supporters of the idea say that makes new york's new law some what bittersweet. >> this is supposed to be a liberal state and some place like new york, you know can fasten everything. it makes me really angry. >> reporter: seven years ago couples in san francisco lined up to get the first same-sex marriage licenses in city hall. in 2008, the court affirmed same-sex marriages were legal. but a month after that, congress proposed proposition eight. >> reporter: prop eight is still the law of the land but it's legality is being challenged in court. supporters hope that new york's
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new law will help build momentum. >> hopefully the same-sex marriage law starts being approved at every state. >> reporter: in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu news. there is word tonight that the man who is the face of san francisco airport for more than two decades has died. ron wilson died this saturday from cancer. wilson worked at the airport for 43 years starting out at a part time construction inspector. he rose up the ranks to work as the airport's director of community affairs for more than 20 years. ron wilson is 72 years old. new details tonight on those deadly attacks in norway including the reason the prime suspect says he did it. it's been a heartbreaking weekend for norwegans in the bay area. and for the second time, a
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government building. outside the aslow cathedral a memorial of candles and flowers glue. one morner said the rampage is the reminder of the rampage of hatred. the lawyer of the man accused with the attacks says the man is taking responsible for his actions. but he leaved his actions were necessary to change society. he urged to punish those to protect norway from quote suicide. he also borrowed writings from the unibomber. a 10-year-old boy stood up to the shooter even after that boy's father was shot. >> he said leave us alone, i'm too young to die. he was so strong in the words he said and he was so brave it
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was amazing. no one had the guts to go up to this man. >> reporter: braveck is expected to go to court tomorrow. there are up to 5,000 norwegans living in california, many in the bay area. janine de la vega was at a norwegan church. >> reporter: this is where people came all weekend dropping off flowers and finding solice be by talking to others. >> reporter: words of comfort by talking to others in their language. thousands of messages were left in this condolence book. those native to the peaceful country are shakened by friday's mass bombing and
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shooting. >> it's devastating. you just want to cry. you know because this is such an unusual event for norway. >> reporter: thurid petrone called a friend at her hometown who says her granddaughter's friend was at the camp. >> she is going to remember that the rest of her life. >> reporter: a flag waving at half staff beconned that this was a place to grieve. inside, an inspirational picture showing jesus calming the sea. >> be brave, it's me, don't be afraid. >> reporter: pastor handoveve says it's important for norwegans to feel solidarity.
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>> being together feeling support for many of them. >> reporter: some people feel betrayed that a fellow norwegan is suspected for the attack. but others say worse if the terror had been carried out by a terror group like al-qaida. no reports of damage tonight after two large earthquakes jolted north eastern japan this weekend. the usgs measured today's cake quake as 6.2. just yesterday a magnitude quake struck a separate area. >> reporter: a buddhist monk chanted prayers in the village of ocuma.
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thousands went into the no man's land after a radiation leak. 2,000 people remain missing after a march 2011 quake and tsunami. it happened last night in stockton, police say at least one person opened fire in a backyard full of people. a 15-year-old boy was shot. he died this morning in the hospital. eight other people including another minor were treated for nonlife threatening injury. the shootings are raising questions on a cut down police department. >> our strength has been brought down 100. >> a motive for that shooting is still unknown. danger at the beach. as a teenager is buried in the sand when the tunnel she was digging suddenly collapsed. patti lee talks to the girl's mother who says her daughter
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was trapped for two very long minutes. >> reporter: these are photos of 17-year-old angelica maroquin. digging a sand tunnel with her brother and nephew. >> my daughter went in to get sand out and the whole thing collapsed. >> reporter: family members were just steps away but it took nearly two minutes to dig her out. >> they pulled her out, she was blue. >> reporter: a bystander administered cpr then an ambulance took her to memorial hospital. where she was recently released expected to make a full recovery. >> i'm just grateful for, i got my daughter back. >> reporter: this is the second time that a northern california teenager has been hospitalized after a tunnel they dug in the stand collapsed. on june 25th, a teenager from orinda was buried for more than 10 minutes before rescuers could free him. the 17-year-old is still in the
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hospital in a vegetative state. in bodega bay first responders tell us the i incident can bring a very much needed reminder. >> i tell my kids, no tunneling past the waist. >> reporter: it's hard to focus on danger when they are having so much fun, says a teenager. and we'll look at another danger in the beach. this one lurks in the water. we'll tell you about a controversial effort on the way to protect the great white shark. the fire started thursday in the los coyotes indian reservation. the fire is now 35% contained. so far no one has been hurt and no buildings have burned. still there's no word on what caused the fire.
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environmentalists are trying to close the resumption of logging in an area around tahoe devastated by a wildfire. logging on u.s. forest service land burned by the angora fire in 2007 is set to begin this week. environmentalists filed suit last week in federal court to try to stop it. they are arguing the black backed woodpecker population would be harmed with the loss of trees. the fire detroyed 250 homes. we all know the bay area has a high cost of living. when it comes to rent though, which city is the most expensive and just what's behind those prices. a tribute to singer amy win ehouse grows outside her london home. why it could be a few days before we know what killed the singer. coming up our updated fog cover for tomorrow morning. and when 90-degree heat could return to the area.
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even during the depths of the recession, the bay area remains an expensive place to live. but there's a silver lining to the story. >> reporter: marcus dunn is chasing the american dream. but the transplant found buying a home in the bay area too expensive. >> having that much liquid without cashing out your 401k is pretty much impossible i think. >> reporter: for now he's paying around $2,000 a month to live in this san jose apartment complex. >> we renewed our lease once and it went, 10 or 12%. >> reporter: according to the research group real fax rent in the san jose metro area jumped 12.6% from a year ago and has the highest average rent. this mother paying $2,700 a
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month for a two bedroom apartment is debating a room. >> we're considering renting a condo or buying a place of our own. >> what we have right now is a perfect imbalance of supply and demand. there are more rentals looking for housing than there are rental units. >> reporter: the demand is fueled by foreclosures and people ditching roommates for mom and dad. >> we're starting to see a turn around in the bay area economy and employers are hiring. >> reporter: until construction is completed on the 2,000 new rental units in san jose and until mortgage rental rules ease rising rents will continue. maureen naylor, ktvu news. in news of the world tonight from somalia, concerns that 2.4 million people in need of food assistance are now going without help. this weekend those searching for help continue to flood into
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mogadishu. this after the islamic group turned course and said it would not allow food. the group denies that a famine is taking place and that thousands of people have already died. it's estimated 11,000 people need aid across the drought hit region of north africa? from china, a story of survival. rescuers found a 4-year-old girl alive. the little girl was found unconscious but is expected to survive. lightning caused one bullet train to lose power and a second train slammed into it. the crash was the first since the country launched bullet trains back in 2007. in egypt, a night of violence in cairo has been armed with knives and sticks attacked thousands of protesters. the protesters were trying to march to the headquarters of
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military rulers. they want if council to move faster to bring mubarack's officials to justice. an autopsy will be performed tomorrow on the body of singer amy winehouse. you're seeing at the scene outside of winehouse. authorities say they are waiting for results of the autopsy to determine her cause of death. winehouse has struggles with drug and alcohol abuse throughout her career. they are the most feared predator in the water but something is killing great white sharks. see why the effort to find out why is creating controversy. apple going big in the big apple. we will tell you about an ambitious plan that could put the cupertino company right in the heart of new york city.
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tonight's special report, tracking the demise of the great white shark. we talk with a man who has plans but it is not without controversy. >> reporter: they are coming back to our coast right around now. great white sharks, feared, awe inspiring predators, they are also endangered. perhaps more than tigers. in the last decade something has killed off 90% of great while shark. so should experts allow this man to catch sharks, drag them for an hour and a half and tagging them? >> people are concerned about removing the shark out of the water to conduct the research. >> it's stressful on the shark, in some ways it needs to be. the shark needs to get tired so
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that it can't hurt us or itself when it comes out of the water. >> reporter: he says to protect the species researchers must pin down and let great sharks go. >> when they're not in the area where they're protected, they are vulnerable. they only come near land i believe to mate and to give birth. >> reporter: satellite tracking tags are down to one a year. >> the only ones that last multi year are ones that you have to physically attach to the fin. >> reporter: the marine sanctuary, issued myre a tracking permit for one year. >> since that time, we don't know where they are.
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this is information we will find out. >> reporter: domire has professional rivals. about the time he asked for his permit. someone posted this photo online showing a shark that domire tagged. we caught up with maria brown as she reviewed domire's permit. she says she and researchers must strike the balance. >> what are the risks to the sharks and what are the potential benefits from the research. is it going to allow us to protect more sharks? >> reporter: this summer the public will be able to read the assessment online and comment on it to help shape the decision on the shark tagging.
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>> i think that's fine. i agree with that. if it's for a good purpose, yes. >> certainly sounds like an issue of animal cruelty. >> it seems kind of cruel what they're planning on doing to the shark. >> once we hear back from the public we'll make a decision on the permit. >> reporter: the application is for catching up to 11 adult female sharks over the next four years. government researchers say making the right decision could be critical to great white shark survival. health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu channel channel 2 news. you can find other reports by going to ktvu.com and clicking on the tab on the top of the home page. a man from pleasanthill got to meet a man who helped save his life last year through a bone marrow transplant. ian was diagnosed with a bone marrow disease which is faye toll without a bone marrow
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transplant. he was able to receive a bone marrow transplant last year. the man who donated the bone marrow is from mississippi. >> they found me through a bone marrow registry. after a year, they allowed me to meet the recipient. a big apple could be coming to the big apple. officials in new york city are set to vote tomorrow on a proposed apple store in the iconic grand central terminal. the 2,300,000 would be the largest apple store in the world. if the plan is passed tomorrow, it could be authorized as soon as wednesday. the perks of being the champ. the giants reap the rewards of winning the world series. just who they get to meet tomorrow. and we could be in for a warm up. doesn't look like it there at the golden gate bridge.
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the fog really cooling off the bay area over the past few days and as you can see behind me it's already regrouping as we head into your monday morning. right now the clouds b lanketting the coast. up in the north bay as well closer to bodgea bay and moving into parts of sonoma county as well. this was the scene today looking out toward the bay from the transamerican building there in the foreground.
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you can see the rather thick marine layer. that will cool off your monday. for tonight increasing low clouds, tomorrow clearing skies to near the coast. and the extended forecast does feature a warming trend. especially as we head toward that thursday and friday. overnight lows first thing tomorrow morning, most of the bay area in the low to mid-50s. a bit of drizzle showing up at least coast side and possibly around the bay. most areas starting out monday morning in the 50s. this cool weather system up to our north remains in place for tomorrow. probably into tuesday as well. with that we're still talking about that on shore breeze. as we head into wednesday, you will notice a warm up for wednesday, thursday, and also into friday. with that, temperatures by thursday could be on either side of 90 degrees as high pressure rebuildings from the desert southwest and strengthens. we will have fog showing up in
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the morning hours. our updated model increases low clouds. once again we could be tracking some drizzle out there. since it's tomorrow morning it's 7:00. by 12:00 the clouds pulling back to near the coast. but still patches in san francisco and into the afternoon hours, increase in sunshine. that orange contour represents the 80s. warmest location inland tomorrow, approaching the lower 80s. here is tomorrow's forecast beginning at 7:00. 57degrees. by 12:00 a sun cloud mix. 55 to right around 70. by 4:00, warming up inland. warmest locations right around 80 to 83 degrees. richmond 66, oakland tops out 67. livermore in the upper 70s. san francisco the clouds in the morning, becoming partly sunny into the afternoon. 64degrees. here is a look ahead your five day forecast a little bit of a bump in the numbers that you can see for wednesday, thursday and into friday. with your weekend always in
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view, the warm temperatures will stick around. but heather and ken, those clouds represent a little bit of uncertainty. we could be tracking some temperatures in the 70s and 80s. the san francisco giants are starting their road trip tomorrow with a very special visit in washington, d.c. >> you just played the great ball -- showed great perseverance. >> reporter: that was president obama congratulating the team last fall after they won the world series. tomorrow the giants are scheduled to meet him in person. the president will also honor the team for its work off the field in its community. we checked bryan wilson's twitter feed and he's not tipping his hands if he has any
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visit vwdealer.com today. good evening everyone and welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. at this time it's what we should expect. the formula again today against the milwaukee brewers. left fielder ryan braun got his team off to a good start against baumgartner. he takes it over the
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