alison kossack is live in the new york stock exchange.t, alison. the kind of staggering debt. what does that mean for the economy? >> you know what this debt does, suzanne? this high debt cuts right into economic growth here in the u.s. think about it this way. your own de debt. you have a credit card, say, with debt that's too big to handle. even if you have a job and you're earning money, it means you can't really move forward. you can't go on vacation. you can't invest. you can't save as much, because you're busy paying down that debt. not to mention, of course, interest. >> what does that mean for wall street investors? does that spook them? >> of course it does. and the concerns are for one thing i just mentioned. it slows growth for the economy. secondly, the government just has to do something about its debt for wall street to feel better. congress is currently debabting raising the debt ceiling but is reluctant to do that. wall street needs to do that and head off higher borrowing costs. people forget hour wall street and washingt

and as alison burns reports for the most part, they avoided attacking each other. alison? >> reporter: that's right. we were expecting some fireworks between two of the big of-named candidates -- bigger-named candidates, mitt romney and tim pawlenty. but when the seven candidates took the stage, they really did not lay a hand on each other. pawlenty ridiculeed president obama's obomney care plan -- >> michelle bachman made news just -- michele bachman she declared president obama a one- term president. this morning a lot of analysts are saying she stole the show. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 8:15. well, president obama is now talking publicly about the sex scandal that is still swirling around new york congressman anthony weiner -- weiner. these pictures show him working out in the government's gym face up. president obama addressed the issue, the pictures and the scandal. he says if a politician gets to the point where any can't focus on their job, maybe they should step back. >> ultimately there is gonna be a decision for him and his constituents. i can tell you if it

maybe it's as cool as a car. >> check out this story, alison. judge in ohio is warning women in the courthouse to avoid taking the stairs if they're wearing a dress or skirt. here's why. the stairs are made out of clear glass. the courthouse in franklin county, it's brand-new and cost $105 million. and has these fancy stair, one from the judges who likes to wear dresses, noticing that people standing under the stairwell can see through the stairs and up her skirt. listen to this. >> men designed it. i was like, oh, they had no woman input on this. that's what i thought. how can you open a brand-new building and not take into consideration half the population? >> the judge said she's worried, alison, camera phones or people posting on the internet. she calls the stairs a lawsuit in the making. would you sue alison. if you thought somebody was taping you, video? really? >> i wouldn't sue, but it's common decency, the woman who spoke took the words out of my mouth. it's obvious the men built that staircase. they designed the whole thing. you know w

alison? >> reporter: er toly -- tori, that's right president obama is promoting this job training program that's intended to boost the company's manufacturing workforce. in about an hour he'll be going to a community college in virginia to promote what's being called a standardized credentialing system. it involves private companies detailing the skills they are looking for so colleges can specifically credential students to fill those jobs. at the same time, public frustration with the president's handling of the economy is on the rise. a new "washington post" poll shows 57% of americans don't think the economy -- the economic recovery has begun. it's a message the president's opponents are hammering on the campaign trail. >> how are you enjoying your recovering summer? [ laughter ] >> that's what the president said we're having, but that was last year, the recovering summer. >> reporter: his latest comments about the economy, president obama urged patience and said he's not worried about a

they've been sharing their story with our alison kosik in new york. alison?s really was one of those heartwarming stories, fredricka. imagine what it was like to be a gay couple living 60 years ago. you know, back then there was less acceptance and more discrimination. well, now two men in new york who lived through that time are hoping their time has come to finally walk down the aisle here in new york. ♪ in friendly persuasion >> reporter: they've been together for 61 years. and they'll never forget the first time their eyes met. >> we didn't know each other. i had a part-time job at the juliard to bring in money. in walked this man and i knew my life was changing right there and then. it did. >> richard is 84. john mace is 91. ♪ the radio and the telephone >> reporter: at this tender age they both still teach. it was music that brought them together professionally and personally. >> he would find excuses to come and sing for me. >> i want to sing for you. which really meant i want to be near you. >> reporter: they've been near each other ever since. after

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, alison. thank you. >>> 8:14. officials in pakistan say a suspected u.s. missile attack hit a house in northwestern pakistan. it happened in the koran tribal area just minutes after another missile hit another car nearby. reportedly five of the people in the car were suspected militants. >>> flooding in eastern china has force the millions of people to evacuate. 170 -- 170 people are dead or missing after the water left farmland under water. the pictures are en-- are incredible. this is making it hard to get relief supplies to people who need them the most. >>> mitt romney will be in the bay area this week. the former massachusetts governor will appear at a campaign fund-raiser tomorrow. it's being held at the home of scott mcneilly, the co-founder of sun microsystems. romney has events scheduled in sacramento, los angeles and orange county. >>> as the july 1st deadline approaches, lawmakers say they are working overtime on the debt problem. talks are moving into the 8th week on capitol hill.

do we have alison? we don't have alison right now. we'll get back to her as soon as we can.all right, let's go to sal castaneda, breaking news coming in about something that just happened in san francisco. >> reporter: we have the first live pictures of this breaking news in san francisco. if is a shooting scene at the corner of 6th and marina. let me tell you what happened. at 7:35 this morning, police received a call of a shooting involving a vehicle that drove nearby. i'm not sure if someone got out of the vehicle and did the shooting. there are plenty of police interviewing witnesses at the corner of 6th and mina. this is about a block away from the old chronicle examiner building. it's a good area to avoid, the police are on the scene, and have actually called for more investigators to this scene. again, there's been a shooting in san francisco. more police officers continue to arrive. we're not sure exactly who has been shot. we're getting a detailed description now of the person they're look for. 8:16, let's go back to the desk. >>> all right, our time is now 8:16. ag

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i'm alison kosik at the new york stock exchange.ted to headline the annual developer's conference on monday, coming six months since he took a leave of absence. he introduced the new ipad 2 three months ago. they will unveil the icloud, the streaming music service. also expected to be introduced, the latest mobile operating system for ipads and iphones. on the economic calendar we get the beige book report which summarizes economic conditions across the united states as well as readings on consumer credit, the international trade balance, import and export prices and a look at wholesale inventories. on wednesday, the world's largest retailer is set to open walmart express, its first foret into the small store format. it will only contain 10,000 items, a sharp drop from the typical superstar. that's a look ahead in the week in business news. i'm alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. >>> one thing investors will be looking at this week is the price of crude oil. opec says they are planning to push for an increase in the oil sup

alison? >> reporter: that's right, dave. house democratic leader nancy pelosi issued a statement saying she was deeply disappointed and saddened but she's also clearly furious. this scandal could hurt democrats and she's calling for an ethics investigation. her demand came within an hour of the new york congressman's admission that he had inappropriate, online exchangeses with six women. the website biggovernment.com published more pictures that he allegedly sent by e-mail and while he calls it an incrediblely -- anacin ed -- incredible lapse in judgment, she's not resigning. >> i deeply regret what i did. but i'm not resigning. people who draw con fukes conclusions about me are -- conclusions about me are free to do so. >> reporter: reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:15. this is new video of german chancellor angela merkel being given a formal welcome at the white house. she's shaking hands with joe biden and the first lady. in meetings today, the two leaders are expected to discu

thank you, alison.s than nine hours away from tonight's showdown between republican presidential contenders, which brings us to today's talk back question. and our carol costello is joining us with the responses. >> the talk back question today, what do you want to hear from the gop debate? from tommy, he says promises of economic recovery, and oil speculation will be brought under control. i want all of this to be followed by phrases like i really, really mean it, and trust me and i won't let you down. and this from brian, tax reform that makes sense, and no democrat bashing. and this is from danielle, i want to see on paper what they're going to do. i want to pay your salary, can understand. and this from rick. nothing about weiner. more about tax reform and everything that ron paul aspouses. >> carol, you don't get to see it very often. i want to show you vice president joe biden having fun this weekend. he led an all-out water fight at his house with a super water gun. he has a ton of grandkids and

alison, thank you. >>> 7:15. well, president obama's campaign staff is working hard to attract big spending coners -- donors for his reelection campaign, you recall back in 2008 about half of the $745 million contributed to the campaign came from small donations. this time around, the president's staff is also going after more wealthy donors. they have also launched a contest for people willing to contribute $5 to the president's campaign. they are entered in a raffle to have dinner with the president and the vice president. >>> and then there was this video. this is all over the internet. this is real. the president invited these two kids to take a look inside his presidential limousine. this is after a backyard discussion with the children's parents. he gave them a chance to call her mother inside the house. he said, i'm in the president's limousine it's really cool. >>> we first told you about 95- year-old lena reppert yesterday morning. a tsa agent reportedly felt something suspicious while patting her down.

let's bring in our alison kosik. what can we expect, alison, on this? >> reporter: hi, martin. we are expecting dominique strauss-kahn to plead not guilty to the charges. you know, although that's what really begins the legal process for him, already it's been quite an ordeal. it's a story that created an immediate sensation. >> dominique strauss-kahn, the leader of the international monetary fund and a possible candidate for president of france, was arrested earlier this morning for the alleged sexual assault of a new york city hotel maid. >> reporter: the allegations were sordid. inside, 62-year-old strauss-kahn allegedly was naken in the bedroom and grabbed at the maid, chasing her through the seat. authorities say as she tried to escape he shut the door and allegedly forced himself on her. sexually assaulting her. >> reporter: a late-night perp walk horrified his french countrymen. the next day his lawyers proclaimed his innocence. >> he denies these charges. >> reporter: the victim's attorney says she's telling the ruth. >> the trauma that has taken place in her life is ex

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you.dent will outline his plan during a live address at 5:00 p.m. we'll bring you that speech live during ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. it will also stream live at ktvu.com. >>> federal agents say they captured one of the most dangerous drug lords. he's best known by the nickname "el chongo." mexican's president says that arrest is a major blow to the drug dealers in mexico. >>> the foreign minister of syria says we will forget europe is on the map. the president blamed foreign infiltrators for the weeks of demonstrations, demanding democratic reform. >>> 7:17. well, an israeli government official has asked apple's ceo steve jobs to get rid of an arabic language computer app from the stores. facebook removed the page. >>> al gore is criticizing fellow democrat, president obama, for his report on global warming. "rolling stone" is publishing a magazine tomorrow that contains an article that rips on the president by al gore. >>> word this morning that newt gingrich had a second line of credit

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. what are we talking about here?reporter: billions of dollars in extra fees. last year the fees added up to almost $6 billion. this includes the baggage fees that you pay and the reservation change fees only. but i tell you what, these fees have been rising at a stunning rate. in 2007, we were at 1.4 billion in fees but, now, look how they have gone up so much. 2009 $5 billion and now look where they are. delta took in the most revenues from the fees. 5.7 billion is a tip of the iceberg because this doesn't count other fees like food, entertainment, pets, headphones. those are counted in a bigger report which comes out this month and get those numbers for you as well. >> let's talk about how important are these fees? can the airlines survive without them? >> reporter: you know what? an analyst put it this way. if it weren't for the fees, he said, the airlines would, most likely, be losing money so they really do need these fees. an industry trade group came out with a report last week, a forecast that wasn't the most

alison?rter: the debate is raging on capitol hill on whether the $80 billion bail jut was a bust or success. let's take a look at president obama's departure from andrew's airforce base. he will be visiting a chrysler assembly line saying the bailout saved 1 million jobs and two icon eke companies. his aides say it shows the president's leadership. >> unpopular decisions like bailing out the american auto industry because he felt it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the republicans point out that taxpayerses have only gotten back $40 billion of the $80 billion bailout. the white house estimates it will ultimately be $14 billion. reporting live from washing -- washington, d.c., alison burns. >>> a former leader of the black panther party, elmer geronimo pratt has just died at the age of 63. you're looking at video from a 1990 court hearing. pratt passed away in his home in africa. we do know he served from high blood pressure. geronimo pratt is nonfor spending 27 years in prison for murd

>> alison, huge victory for walmart. thank you. >>> i want to get back to our top story.ew york's battle over same sex marriage, they're waiting for that one single republican vote to have this thing passed in the state of new york. the state is a vote away from legalizing it. president obama's opinion has come back into the conversation. he's hosting an event this week with members of the gay community. does he support same sex marriage, endorse it or not? watch this exchange just a short while ago. >> did the president support same sex marriage -- >> what i know is what his position was during the campaign and what it is now. you know, he's been very clear about it, he's very clear about the fact that his opinion is evolving. i don't have anything to add to it. >> the word we keep hearing is evolving. with regard to the president and same sex marriage not yet ready to endorse it. if you were hoping to catch the casey anthony murder trial today, not going to happen. coming up the judge's unexpected pull of the plug. >>> and holy cow dot com, the internet is about to get

alison kosik with the details. is it that much? really?kyra, $2 billion a year. that's just when these boxes aren't being used. even when you're not recording or watching anything, the dvr is still on and using full power. how much? take a look. a dvr uses more than half the energy of a fridge. it also uses more than a 42 inch lcd tv and the cable box uses the same as the lcd tv as well. there's a catch 22. you can shut the box off. the problem is your shows aren't going to record. if you do have a chance to power down the system, it will consume less energy and there's usually a way to set most of those consoles to power down automatically after they've been sitting idle for a period of time. kyra? >> let's hit this wild week for the markets? up 100 points one day, down nearly 200 the next. now back up. >> it's been a crazy six weeks. the stock market has been all over the place. stocks are moving higher today, the dow up 73 points. investors are focusing on good news. we have positive signs coming out of greece that it's close to hammeri

ktvu's alison burns live in our washington d.c. newsroom with new cigarette warnings unveiled this morning, alison. >> reporter: dave, that's right. you won't be able to miss them. these new warning labels will cover half of every pack of cigarettes by september of next year and it's hard to ignore the messages, smoking can kill you. cigarettes are addictive and warning cigarettes can cause strokes and heart disease. matt meyers with the campaign for tobacco-free kids hopes the labels will be especially effective in stopping young smokers. >> the new warning labels come at a critical time because the reduction in tobacco use among youth has stopped falling. these warning labels give us a new tool to help jump start that again. >> reporter: the tobacco industry is fighting the new labels in court. 35 countries now require similar labels and studies show people in those countries are more aware of the dangers but have not necessarily stopped smoking because of them. reporting live from washington d.c., alison burns, ktvu, channel 2 n

>> thank you, alison. next, the casey anthony trial.an earful of jailhouse phone conversations between a woman accused of killing her own daughter and her family. >> do you think after this long she would still be local? >> there's a possibility. >> what's your gut telling you right now? >> that she's okay. >> okay. >> and your gut tells you that she's close or she's hiding? >> she's not far. i know in my heart she's not far. i can feel it. >> we're talking to someone who is inside the courtroom when those tapes were played. what was casey's reaction, how about the jurors, plus we're asking are casey's attorneys planning to have her plead insanity? gical fruit, which provided for their every financial need. [ thunder rumbling ] [ thunder crashing ] and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. ♪ and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an arc

back to you leon and alison. >> we want all of those out of the week when golf is in town. a >> almost time for the u.s. open. the best golfers in the world will be at the congressional country club. players are trying to qualify for the u.s. open including local heroes. they said records of the weekend at the prince george's can open. stephen noon that this was going to be one at a tough day. >> i woke up at 5:30 a.m. my gps took me the wrong way, i got stuck in traffic. >> he was here just hours after wrapping up his first win of. >> that feel like i'm driving around two clubs with mine legs. >> he blistered the university of maryland chorus to the tune of 29 under par. >> what a way to finish. >> you could do 29 under in putt putt and be pretty happy. >> he got a reminder of how difficult golf can be. >> i did not make one birdie on that 18. >> it with anything, life is a box of chocolates. this is a box of something else. >> he knew his fate and he went through after 27 of the 36. >> the u.s. open is my dream tournament. it would have been great to come in here and play

alison kosik, why is facebook doing it? >> for several reasons.ou to go ahead and put names on the photos that you upload. and also, you know, other people are chiming in on facebook, you know, many people calling it creepy. i put the question out on twitter. asking if it's creepy our genius. everybody said it's creepy. basically it allows facebook to build a data base of what its users look like. facebook recognizes you and then suggests your friends tag you. you can op out of this by setting some privacy options. facebook will still know that's a picture of you. as a user you're still included in this data base. a lot of people can actually do this right now. it was tested out late last year, and they faked this out, and critics say you can upload a random picture of a tree and tag yourself as being that tree, that will fake out the system. >>> stocks are pretty flat after fed chief ben bernanke didn't give the roseiest of outlooks. kyra, back to you. >>> a new setback for tiger woods. he announces he's peg out of next week's u.s. open. [ waves

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and a good look to look is cnn.com/retirement. >>> great advice, alison. but people need a helping hands these days. thank you. >> exactly. >>> now your responses to today's talk back question. carol costello is here. >> you're wearing red, and you are wearing blue. >> patriotic. tell us what you are talking about? >> this is from tim. patriotism is so subjective. isn't it patriotic to vest in our nation's infrastructure. isn't it patriotic to regard the u.s. as one nation rather than a confederation of sovereign states? this is from tracy. wearing a flag does not prove you are patriotic. what have you done to benefit your fellow americans? were you there when there were disasters? did you help or talk about getting help? talk is cheap, just like the american flag pin. and then this from jack. don't make that the focus. and this from george. show me intelligence and a willingness to do some good. later for all that fake patriotism and religion. keep the comments coming. i'll see you again in ten minutes. >>> rick perry rallies the republicans in new york.

alison kosik has reaction. >> wall street held its own against new worries about the greek debt crisisonday. european finance ministers plans to wait until july to take action on greece is not sitting well with investors. the eu's pledge to prevent an ultimate default kept them from fearing the worst. u.s. stocks managed modest gains. the dow ended at 12,080, the s&p gained half a percent. caterpilar reported a 52% jump of sales in march, april and may compared with the same period a year ago. u.s. construction activity remains sluggish but demand for the replacement of older machinery helped sales. the company got a big boost from overseas with sales up 60% in latin america and 65% in europe, africa and the mideast. a big win for walmart at the u.s. supreme court today when justices ruled a massive class action lawsuit could not move forward. this is a landmark job discrimination case that would have included 1 million current and former female walmart employees. the supreme court essentially said monday 1 million plaintiffs is too many. the focus shifts to the housing market tuesday

. >>> president obama will visit a chrysler plant in ohio today as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom. the president is celebrating. allison. >> reporter: that is right. the debate is raising here on capitol hill on whether the government's $80 billion bailout was a bust or success. president obama will hail it as a victory when he visits chrysler assembly line this afternoon. he will say the bailout saved one million jobs and two iconic american companies. his aid says the president's leadership on economy. >> the president took dramatic action. including unpopular decisions like bailing out the auto industry. because he felt it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: ares point out fax payers have so far only gotten back about $40 billion of the $80 billion of the bailout. the white house estimates the loss will be about $14 billion. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> the ratings agency moodies is warning it will consider cutting the united states topnotch credit rating if congress does not raise the u.s. debt limit. this is video of are lawmakers

i'm alison kosik in new york. >>> misery on the markets is being reflected in the homes and workplaceseople right across america according to a new cnn poll. the survey reveals that four out of five of the top five concerns among u.s. voters relates to the economy. as well as the overall economic situation, respondents expressed concerns about unemployment, petrol prices and the federal deficit. as if any more evidence were needed of the prevailing pessimism, 48% expect another great depression to occur within the next year or so. a key reason for the sentiment, well, it seems as though a similar number of people surveyed said they live in a household where someone has lost a job or fears that unemployment is likely to be imminent for them. and in troubled times, expect the residents -- sorry, the president's popularity to take another knock with these kind of figures. respondents put barack obama's approval rating at just 48%, down six points from a month ago. >>> and the pressure on the president will only grow if the u.s. economy contracts one more. former general electric ceo jack

alison, here's the poll. let's take a look.% think we are headed into another great depression. that's a huge number. what does that say? not so high. >> it shows that america is really, really pessimistic. that's up from 38% in 2008, brooke. these numbers are stunning. sure, this is from the bad data that we've been getting. home prices are at the lowest levels that we've seen in years. manufacturing is slowing down. job creation is slowing. but here's the reality check. what we're in right now is nowhere near a depression. if you think back to the great depression, unemployment was at 25% versus the 9% that we are at now. in 1930s we had bread lines, banks collapsing. so now our money is insured. with the recession that we're just coming out of, the government actually backed up the economy. i'm talking about 2008, pouring trillions of dollars of stimulus money into the economy to prevent a collapse. so that stimulus money is really helping. despite the fear out there that we see in the poll numbers, brooke, our economy is no

alison, good to see you as always.the heat that is holding the central and eastern u.s. in a grip. chad myers, we've been talking about severe weather over the last few months. >> wouldn't we like to get a shower or storm to get rid of 102 degrees. atlantic city, new jersey, breaking a record. 102 has never, ever been in the lifetime that they've been taking temperatures, there are records in atlantic city, never been this hot, never over 100 this early in the season. new york was 102. d.c. was 102 yesterday as well. baltimore, 100. sunny, hazy, and hot. showers south of chicago. later on into tonight and parts of illinois, there will be -- maybe the place to be this weekend would be new york city. there will be a cold front coming through now that will really enhance your weekend. this front is going to drop to the south and give you temperatures back down into the 70s for highs. that's not all the way down to new york city from philly down to washington, d.c. not going to be there. you're still going to have to drive

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alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. so alison, how bad is it? >> it's just not good, kyra.is, the reality is for so many families they're just being priced out of a college education. here's what's happening. college prices are going higher, but wages certainty. let me lay it out. the average tuition at a four-year public school in 1988 was $2800, that's adjusted for inflation. in 2008 it was $6,500, a 130% increase. guess what? it doesn't count room and board. keep in mind the medians income decline. that means it's really tough financially just to afford to send your kids to college. >> so you crunch the numbers a couple months ago, and it's pretty scary where my kids will be in 15 years. is there any way to deal with the financial burden? >> you know what, for many families it wound up being tough choices. the department of education says what's happening is fewer middle-class students are going for the four-years degree, instead a two-year degree. what you wind of doing you could be hurting your earnings potentially, because that two-year degree may start you at a lower

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:17. president of yemen remains in saudi arabia after getting medical care. you are look agent demonstrators yet. they celebrated president saleh departure. the vice president is taking over as temporary head of state but he says the president will return to power after his medical treatment. >>> katie couric is expected to announce she will sign with abc to do an afternoon talk show. she stepped down with cbs last month. and reportedly three of the four broadcast networks as well as cnn all made offers to couric. >>> time now 6:18. five people were hurt in three separate weekend shootings in oakland. three men were rushed to the hospital early saturday morning after a shooting in the parking lot right near webster and 13th street. one of the victims is in critical condition. >>> and in a separate incident a 21-year-old man was shot in the back. this happened at a house party. and a 52-year-old man was found shot on 90th avenue in east oakland saturday night. >>> two new drugs show promisi

thanks so much, alison kosik in new york. appreciate that. >>> now back to the casey anthony trial in florida. day 22 has just wrapped up. it was the third day of testimony by the defense. our david mattingly is at the courthouse in orlando. some pretty riveting testimony today, david. >> reporter: that's right. hearing a lot from werner spitz, he is the expert, a forensic pathologist, called by the defense, to bolster their claim that caylee anthony died by accident, by drowning possibly in her grandparents' swimming pool and she was not murdered as drugged and suffocated with duct tape by her mother as the prosecution claims. and the way he was able to contribute to this was saying, first of all, he felt that the autopsy that was done, he said, was shoddy. he was very critical of the fact that examiners here did not cut open the skull and examine the contents of the skull. he said, if they had, they would have noticed that the body had been laid out and decomposed, what they had laying to the side, not straight up as they h

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. how companies and colleges are working together here. allison. >> reporter: that is right, dave. president obama is announcing a new job training program aimed at improving the countries manufacturing work force. he's going to be going to a community college in virginia to promote what is being called a standardized credentialing system. it involves private companies. public frustration with the presidents handling of the economy is on the rise. 57% of americans don't think the economic recovery has begun. it's a message that presidents opponents are hammering on the campaign trail. >> how are you enjoying your recovering summer? that's what the president said we were having but that was last year the recovery summer. >> reporter: i'll have more on what president obama is saying about the economic recovery now during my next update in an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are now hearing that a small online conservative group is warn

alison burns has more. >> reporter: this is a live look at the nation's debt clock. the treasury department warns the united states will hit its $14py 3 trillion -- $14.3 trillion. democrats want to include any tax increases. >> you cannot achieve if you set out that -- what you set out to do if you said it's about cutting. it has to do with the -- to do with others as well. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports one potential path to compropose -- to compropose mice in gop cuts -- to compromise in gop cuts. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it appears that president obama is the first to use the white house auto pen to sign a piece of legislation. the autopen has been routinely used by presidents to sign documents and photographs. last month, president obama authority iced its use to sign -- authorized into law its use to sign for the patriot act. >>> a year-long experiment with the nation's power grid is set to start in a few weeks. it could mess up a lot of things including traffic lights, security systems and computers. could also make some plug-in clocks and ap

we have alison burns live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the details. >> reporter: that is right dave. names, pictures, other information about the targets appeared on an al qaeda website. among them a member of congress, pentagon officials, executives of an american company that makes drone aircraft. now the website also referenced this video we found on you tube from al qaeda's american spokesman adam gadahn. he called for lone wolf attacks and said how easy it is to get guns in the u.s.. some analysts say this list shows al qaeda has actually weakened and is shifting focus from major attacks to strikes on individuals. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the e-mail addresses and pass words for for than 62,000 people are now publish all thank -- are now all public thanks to a hacker attack. that tweet included a link to a file on the website mediafire.com. the file has been removed but not before about 62,000 people reported theiramazon, papal, and facebook accounts have been accessed by

ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest complication in the international fight against moammar gadhafi. ali sopson. >> reporter: this is a big deal. the nato mission is to protect civilians. it was a chaotic emergency response over the weekend after a nato strike on a neighborhood in tripoli. you can see several buildings destroyed. at least nine civilians were killed. a nee koa spokesman apologized and said the target was a military missile site. >> however from our initial assessment it appears one weapon did not strike the intended target. due to a weapons system failure. this technical failure may have caused a number of civilian casualties. >> reporter: the incident comes as the historic battle intensifies in washington, d.c. over the president's power to wage war in libya. some republicans and democrats say he's violating the war power act. the house is expected to vote this week to strip funding for u.s. operations. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> n

you save. >>> alison, tell me where we ended today and for the weekend.e dow ending at 97 points down but for the week, you know what, it's going to wind up being the fifth week in a row and lower. the twitchiness is because of volume. it's very light and you see big swings in the major averages. there's a lot of uncertainty out there. we don't know where we're going for the economy. lots of different views on whether the economy is in fact headed for a double dip and that's where you get all of this twitchiness, this nervous trading, brooke. >> i guess like it's oscillating. you have anemic job figures. consumer confidence is waning, housing market going know where on the basis of all of that, this week could have been worse. tell me if there's a silver lining. maybe they are seeing something that we are not. >> yes. you know what, there was one big of a silver lining. it represents a huge part of the economy. 80% of it. it measures everything from hotels to restaurants to retailers and what happened is it moved higher. that's good news and the overall e

i'm alison kosik in new york. >>> that's how stocks finished. let's have a look at how they're poised to open. the early indications is that we could see a lower start. the dow jones industrial average futures currently falling by by 0.3%, similar situation for the nasdaq and also the s&p at the moment. >>> and there were two. in the wake of dominique strauss-kahn's resignation, the imf leadership battle was men the to be a hard-fought contest between europe and the developing world. the roots to the top sees the fresh finance minister pitted against the mexican central banker. these are the two most likely candidates now that nominations are near the point of closure. one of them will become the m.d. of the international monetary fund. christine lagarde is known as a top international lawyer and a former synchronized swimmer who represented the french national team. she's the first financing minister from a g8 country. she's hugely respected in the realm of international economics. so too is augustin carstens. he claims his candidacy would brin

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c.ewsroom with the new cigarette warning labels unveiled this morning that has a lot of people talking. >> reporter: you won't be able to miss them. these new warning labels will cover every pack of cigarettes by september of next year. it's hard to ignore the messages "smoking can kill you" cigarettes are dangerous "and" smoking causes heart disease and strokes." >> the new warning labels come at a critical time. right duction in tobacco -- the reduction in tobacco youth has stopped falling. >> reporter: the tobaccomaker are flighting this in court i -- flighting this -- fighting this in court saying they are too graphic. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:16. preliminary resulting of a new u.n. study ton global health is showing an increase in noncommunicable diseases. cancer, lung disease, diabetes are now killing 36 miami people a year. a u.n. study says 80%. deaths are in developing nations. a harvard economist says these diseases are also

al son burns -- alison burns has the sendoff. >> reporter: let's get to a live look. the formal retirement ceremony is underway for the man analysts in washington, d.c. are calling the best defense secretary in u.s. history. president obama is speaking. let's listen. >> a secretary of defense who had their back, who fought for them and did everything in his power to bring them home safely. let me also thank becky for her extraordinary support of our extraordinary military families. she's been there day in and day out. in many ways i know both bob and becky consider our troops to be like their own sons and daughters. burkes -- bob, your sense of responsibility to them is profound. it's a responsibility we've shared has leaders who have served every day in a time of war. we're the ones who send them into harm's way. we visit them in the field knowing that we are the reason they're there. we've stood in solemn respect at dover when our fallen heroes have maid their final journey home. they gave so our loved ones can be secure. we note heavy wages of war and we know ameri

our alison kosik is with us at the new york stock exchange. alison, give us a sense.>> pretty darn bad, suzanne, to be honest. pay roll processing firm add had this report. a big miss. the expectation, private companies added 175,000 jobs in may. guess what we got? 38,000. you ask how bad is that? take a look. the average job gains in the past six months sat at around 205,000. you're seeing the number today, below the recent trend. then you take eve an closer look and see where the jobs are cut. cut in construction. in financial services. in manufacturing. it's really that decline in manufacturing that we're really noticing, because that sector had really been growing and there were hopes pin and manufacturing that that would really pull us into a more of a stronger recovery. what this essentially does, this report, sets us up for a weak government jobs report we're getting friday. suzanne, analysts are already cutting back estimates. >> what does this mean? a depressing housing report yesterday. now you have this out. what is the bottom line here? >> the bottom line

reporter alison burns is working on the story. we will check in with her we will go live to washington, d.c. in a few minutes to find out what she has learned. >>> u.s. military leaders promised the new leader of al qaeda will face the same fate as the old one. a statement on a jihaddist website names bin laden's replacement al-zawahiri. >> as we did both seek to capture and kill and succeed in killing bin laden, we certainly do, will do the same thing with al-zawahiri. >> bin laden has been the leader since its inception. in that particular concept he has particular charisma that al- zawahiri does not have. >> they believe his appointment could prompt al qaeda to launch a new series in attacks. >>> california senator barbara boxer will give a major speech about america's role in afghanistan. she will be speaking before the world affairs council of northern california. her speech comes at a very critical time. the obama administration will announce plans to redeploy combat troops in afghanistan next month. >>> california's budget

alison burns ktvu channel 2 new. >> the president will outline his plan at 5:00 p.m. tonight. we will bring that speech to ewe live during ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. it will also stream live on ktvu.com. >>> at least 40 al qaeda inmates escaped from a prison in yemen today. they have given al qaeda the courage to challenge authorities in the southern part of the country. in a carefully planned escape they attacked their guards and seized their weapons just as bans of heavily armed militants. >>> time now hundreds of young people wearing photographics riots in for the second night in a row. that's what was happening. groups of catholics throwing gas bottlings and gas bombs at each other. the violence usually escalates on the buildup of july12th. >>> in greece police used tear gas on protestors that tried to storm the parliament building there. next week the prime minister will try to get parliament to approve a package of really tough os tearty measures. >>> this morning hundreds of airline travelers are making new arrangements to get out of chicago. they actually had to spen

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> officials in pakistan say a suspected u.s. missile attack hit a house in north western pakistan. that was a drone attack in a house that happened just minutes after another missile hit a car nearby and killed seven people. reportedly five of the people in the car were suspected militants. >>> work workers at that damaged nuclear plant have been cleared to open the air lock doors. the operator of the plant said it planned to open the heavy double doors slowly. taking about eight hours to complete the process. the idea is to avoid disturbing contaminated dust inside. the company has been trying to filter radio active particles out of the air inside the building for several days. >>> european finance ministers today decided to delay the next installment of bailout money to greece. the finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro say they do agree to give them it. >>> pretty scary moments for passengers on a flight from dayton, ohio to washington, d.c. after a woman at an airline counter said there was a bomb on the p

alison burns. >>> pretty interesting story in utah. a former candidate for governor there was arrested right as he was about to give a news conference. >> is this honor? >> rex ha aawe would be giving a -- but there was a warrant for his arrest. so when he showed up at the press conference deputies were waiting for him now originally he was on trial for illegally killing an elk. now he's in trouble for passing out fliers to the potential jurors. >>> time now 6:16. happening right now we are live in orlando florida just a short time ago. the casey anthony murder trial resumed in orlando. we are inside the courtroom right now. there is a woman testifying there. casey anthony is accused of killing her daughter. there was yet another twist in court yesterday when casey anthony's mother took the stand this is her right here forgive me. this is casey anthony's mother on the witness stand. >> i would like to show you a photograph. >> any way she testified yesterday about some questionable searches made on the families computer back in 2008. s