championships title, russia, chinese, taipei, final three teams quizzed on geography by jeopardy host alec trebekr monday finals at the san francisco zoo. great young minds. >> i'm sure he's watching. good morning, mr. trebek. >> 5:40 right now, a bay area animal shelter in desperate need of your help this morning. details next. >>> plus the americas cup was supposed to be a boom for bay area businesses. no we're learning it could cost a lot more money to put that event on. >>> new this morning, a look at the crescent moon out there this morning. beautiful start to the day. waiting for the suns big arrival. moving towards the middle, a few days to the august 2nd deadline, democrats and republicans making sacrifices, they say, to come to a debt deal. another bump in the road. tracie potts live in washington joins us with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. there are two plans here on capitol hill that are getting a lot of attention. neither of them is ready for a vote. in fact, both of them have been postponed. first of all on the house side, the boehner plan, republican p

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