alison over to you. >>> thank you. prep is well under way for tonight's 4th of july celebration on the national mall hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the annual concert and fireworks sarah simmons is live with what you need to know. good morning. >> reporter: good morning alison. crews are down here trying to prepare for tonight's big if he is sieveties the public will be allowed down here starting at 10:00 a.m. this morning, a lot of people will want to come down early and pick out their best spot they can. 10:00 a.m. is when they will be allowed down here on the national mall, 10s of thousands are expected to be down here one thing national parks service wants to make sure people know they encourage folks to take metro and not drive if you plan on coming down here, here is what you need to know. they will be open 7:00 a.m. now until midnight smithsonian metro stop will be closed most of the day, it will reopen for people to get off of the mall after the fireworks, so metro is also adding 6 and 8 car train

time. >>> earlier we spoke with alison on the phone. she lives in fukushima prefecture. >> alison, thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> now, teaching over 500 kids all by yourself must be very hard. what keeps you motivated? >> through my lessons i hope the children can forget what they've been through and enjoy themselves. since march 11th, everyone in this area has been through a lot. we lost so much in the earthquake, the tsunami and nuclear accident. every day we've been unsure what will happen next, but we have to move forward. it helps me to be busy every day, to do something positive, and not think too much about what has happened. >> how are the children handling the situation? >> they're doing a really good job. japanese children are usually very polite and quite shy, but since the earthquake, they've become more outgoing. i think they've learned the importance of communicating their feelings to others. we've all appreciated the support and love of family and friends and realized how important good human rela

. >> i am alison seymour. >>> july in dc tony perkens good to see you. >> you as well. good morning everybody happy to see you, yep, you know the routine, hot, humid, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms some of you there is a chance of that this morning. off to our west there is some thunderstorm activity this morning, moving to the north and east, roughly south of front royal and north and west of culpepper making its way north and east we don't know if this will hang together and get into areas, parts of our immediate viewing area but we will keep watching it there is lightning associated with this storm. it is not severe but it is a little thunderstorm activity. well, away from the district. >>> all right to the graphics, regan national, 77 degrees, relative humidity 82% that makes it very uncomfortable, muggy outside. winds light out of the southwest, 3 miles an hour. the forecast today, i bet you can guess, hot, humid, high into the low to mid-90s another above normal day chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms here and there. look for a high in tow

looking up here at the forecast in a minute alison back to you. >>> hundreds of thousands of folks will be gathering on the national mall to celebrate our independence day. >> but you better pack patience as they say if you are heading to see the concert and fireworks, sarah simmons live at the national mall with what you need to know hey sarah. >> hey guys you need to know people are starting to show up down here a lot of families bringing their children down and it is already starting to get warm here, make sure you have sun screen, tens of thousands of people down here packed house for the 4th of july, 10:00 a.m. is when they expect to open public access to some of the more restricted areas down here allowing folks into security, we will probably see it pick up even more from there, but it will be another hot one down here for the july 4th celebration and you know we -- a lot we talked to locals, a lot of locals tend to stay away, 4th of july fireworks i talked with one family who got down here at 6:00 a.m. this morning, they have their area staked out they are all the way -- they ar

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thank you, alison. >>> 8:18.on't try lighting up a cigarette pipe or cigar on either dam pus for the college of -- campus for the college of marin starting next month. the board of trustees has banned toe back toe from the indian valley and the kentfield campuses. this applies to college, and visitors to the campus. the college will advise on how those who want to give up the habit can. >>> a new study of the state public's's university shows -- state public university shows information from the study that includes california tanks last among all 50 states in funding per college student. tuition increases are higher than the national original. and -- than the california average. >>> this sunday is hand-holding day at san francisco's contemporary jewish museum. it's in response to an incident last weekend, where a stewart guard told a lesbian couple that hand-holding was not allowedded. the museum said the guard's actions did not reflect their policy and that person would not be employed in the future. >>> the chi

alison, we heard donovan say it should be easier for folks buying a home. >> yeah, if you have a couple suitcases full of cash. buying a home is not easy, especially when you compare to what it was like just a few years ago. expect to hit pumps here and there. the biggest hurdle is you want to look good on credit and you should not carry debt. the loan officer you choose has a huge impact on the process. you need somebody in the corner that knows what they are doing, like how to structure a loan. >> what is the most important things that lenders look for when they look over a mortgage application? >> four things. first your income. the loan officers want to know that you have a study paycheck coming in every month. they look at your assets. as a borrower, they want to see where your down payment is coming from. the high credit score. i'm talking about over 720. they will look at the value of the property. what is the property appraised

alison? >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is beaming up with virginia governor bob mcdonnell in support of an above-ground rail situation at dulles. >> now there is a compromise on the table, from the u.s. transportation secretary but is trying to get everybody to really needs in the middle and so far, nobody is saying anything. the pressure is on. , another big name changes when it comes to where to build they will metro stop at dulles airport. -- where to build the metro stop. in the meantime u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood is trying to find a compromise to the rail debacle. local officials allocate the money to pay for it all. the $5 billion project is one of the most expensive construction projects in the country. >> having that discussion and dialogue is important. that is what would be needed to make a good decision. >> the compromise includes stripping several elements of the project from we note -- the mwaa control. >> i think you can save money and built above ground, i think that makes mo

. >> i am alison seymour. it is 7:00 a.m. the latest on the weather from tucker barnes. >> good morning. yeah, we have improving conditions after some unwanted rain moved through parts of the region last night. nice looking forecast, typical summer time weather. left over showers bringing light sprinkles and light showers to the low eastern shore. here in washington we are done with it, see off to the north and west, clear skies let me mention though that parts of the area, particularly north and west, as temperatures cool, experiencing pretty good fog, visibility in hagueers town and martins burg that should burn off and we should be in for a mostly sunny day. regan national, 75, 69 baltimore, 66 winchester and 77 in ocean city, your forecast for today generally a good one hot this afternoon highs approaching the 90-degree mark but we have taken at least temporarily the threat of a shower thunder storm out of the forecast, we will look ahead to next weekend coming up in a minute. >>> good morning tucker want the talk about t

there a lot of controversy over this, alison.f people talking about this decision. >> there is. you know, kind of remind me soup nazi. this is kind of a -- yeah, exactly. no restaurants for 6-year-olds. this is happening at mcdane's restaurant in monday vovilroevi pennsylvania. near pittsburgh. his name is mike buick. he and his customers have had it with these noisy kids and he wants them out. he doesn't want them in the restaurant. you know what? it could be good for business. the restaurant happens to be attached to a golf course so this kid ban could pleas those older customers who come in. buick says i'm giving customers what they want. here is what he has to say. >> we've had the place here for 22 years and the restaurant 9. i've noticed in the 9 years certain people can't leave their child home. maybe their child is the center of the universe but they don't realize it's not the center of "the" universe. >> well, well, well, i'm sure plenty of local restaurants ready to jump on this and welcome kids into their restaurants w

alison kosik has revelations from new york stock exchange. alison? >> reporter: you know what, kyra? it all depends on what you're buying. the reality is you can't be sure you're getting a good deal unless you know what the item costs in a regular retail store so you know what the advice is? do homework. what your currency is worth has a lot to do whether it's worth it to buy in the duty-free shop. the euro is weak let's say and buying from a duty-free shop is not a great deal after all. even in "usa today" a traveler says he gets great deals in kenya but it depends on where you are. this is big business duty-free shopping. shoppers spent $39 billion at duty-free shops last year. >> what items is it worth it to buy at these shops? >> reporter: this is the meaty part here. three examples of the top items people go for. perfume and cosmetics. i say buy it duty-free especially if it's a multipack with more savings. if you're looking for cigarettes, buy those duty-free as well. the fact is we pay a lot in taxes here in the u.s. electronics, though, buy t

alison and wisdom back to you. >> thank you tucker. >>> new this morning the driver of an suv slams into a house in montgomery county there were three people inside the home at the time. >> sarah simmons has been following this all morning sarah. >> reporter: well, wisdom and alison this is at the intersection of park land drive aspen hill road, police are telling us it was aspen hill road right back here they say a 22-year-old woman was driving an suv, when she hit two parked vehicles, back there. an suv and truck and then some how careened up, kept coming up this hill where we are standing, and then, slammed into the back of this house here, you can see where it is all boarded up she went through a chain link fence crews were out here working all morning long. now take a look at the video you can see the suv this morning, literally inside of the house, it came resting inches from the woman lying on the couch, her husband was in the bedroom next door and her son was in a different bedroom, we talked with the woman and her husband this morning, here is what they experienced. >> taking a

alison cosick is in new york crunching some of the numbers for us. alison, alison?ound this mark? tell me, yes. or down a little bit. we'll be okay with that. >> yeah, you know what? i'll give you a yes. they're stabilizing where they are. and if you go with triple a, that's the group that releases the daily price changes. prices have gone up for six straight days. isn't it more fun to follow when prices went down every day for a month. we're not seeing that anymore. that stopped because oil prices went up. oil prices are at the break even point for the year. gas prices are sharply higher. we all know that. you don't need me to tell you that if you filled up your tank lately. >> there was a sharp drop. it was 38 cents -- that's the drop in the gas prices from the start of may when the average was topping off around $4 a gallon. you and i were prognosticating we would see the $5 mark. thank goodness i haven't seen it yet. is there a chance of another sharp decline like that one? >> the good news is no. you talk to lundberg, she founded this big sur va called the lund

alison kosik, how much money are victims going to get?al of $108 million. this is what the settlement is calling for. it's actually one of the biggest settlements in ftc history. it's stunning when you think about that these countrywide borrowers, 450,000 of them were taken advantage of. remember countrywide? it was this huge company during the subprime mortgage meltdown. it was eventually saved by bank of america. let's talk about the money. the average check that's going to go out is just about 240 bucks. the ftc says some people will get a few thousand dollars. these payments will begin going out today. it covers bow rowers, once again, who were overcharged by countrywide. kyra? >> alison kosik from the new york stock exchange, thanks. >>> let's take a look at stories that are going to be making headlines later today. next hour former pakistan president pervez musharraf gives a speech. on u.s. pakistan relations. at noon the crew of space shuttle "atlantis" will give a news conference. they landed at kennedy space center this morning.

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news >> thank you, alison. >>> nowessing about their own personal debt. an "associated press" poll shows 20% worry about their debt all or most of the time. 20% stress about it some of the time. on the flip side, they say 40% is hardly ever or not a worry. the remaining 5% say they are debt-free. >>> well, the city of pail palo alto has about $40 million. they have to figure out what to do with it. the money is coming from stanford university which the city gets in exchange for stanford being allowed to expand its medical center. the deal requires money be spent on affordable housing, green initiatives and health programs. >> we want to use the money spart and -- smart and be able to leverage it to perhaps multiply the impact of the why thetion. >> the city is asking -- of the contribution. >>> stanford's first payment of almost $17 million will come later this year. >>> this morning a young richmond man is back home after surviving a grizzly bear attack in the mountains of alaska. >> yes! woo! >> we were there as fri

don't ramble off. >> alison, good things you should know.ison is going to take a look at summer cover letter mistakes that you should avoid after the break. [ male announcer ] introducing the ultimate business phone -- t the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with pleasure. so let's get our work done, america, so we can all get back to playing "angry birds." the motorola expert from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. >>> we're back with alison kosik talking about landing a good job. it's important, and a lot of people make mistakes when they write cover letters. what can they do to avoid that? >> well, just remember what a bad cover letter is. it's painfully long is a bad cover letter. they will not spend time o

i want to go to our alison at new york stock exchange. a lot of people want good news, they hear good news. how significant is this report? >> reporter: this report comes in as encouraging, suzanne. we are seeing an immediate reaction on wall street. the dow up 80 points. the nasdaq, higher by 32. wall street is looking at this report because it's an important one because we were thrown a curveball in may when the private sector only added 36,000 jobs. it was a huge disappointment after looking at how the earlier part of the year did. businesses added 200,000, a little more than 200,000 for a few consistent months for a while. so, then it was a big disappointment in may to see only 36,000 -- that only 36,000 private sector jobs were added. another encouraging part of this report, suzanne, is that small businesses are doing most of the hiring. you really want to see hiring there because small business accounts for two-thirds of all the jobs here in the u.s. >> you know, most important jobs report is out tomorrow. that comes out tomorrow. d

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alison kostick has more from the u.s.exchange. >> the warning from moodys here on wall street says it's going to review the government bond rating for a possible downgrade if the debt ceiling is not raised in time. translation, it's on the verge of cutting our nation's credit score and guess what message it would send to the word. that investing in the u.s. is not as safe as it once was. right now the u.s. rating is as high as it can get. and moodys actually believes that congress is going to wind out hammering out a deal and the government will be able to pay its bills but concern is growing and moodys is just adding on to the list of fitch and standard and poors telling washington you've got to get your act together. >> what does this mean for the economy and how investors are responding to the warning today? >> you know, ben bernanke talked about it yesterday using words like crisis and it could be a lower rating and a default. we could see federal borrowing rates rise, stocks drop, credit cards and other consumer rate

i want to go to our alison kosik who's at the new york stock exchange because i know alison, a lot of people are thinking about what the president said. we know there are various proposals, there are a lot of big numbers that are out there, but a lot of people want to know, retirees, am i going to get my social security benefits come august 3rd? student loans, are they in trouble? car notes. is that going to be a problem? we heard the president say interest rates, if they go up it's going to pose major problems for a lot of people. is that the scenario that is going to play out here that you see as being really a legitimate concern for people to have? >> well, according to what the president said just this week, suzanne. he said you know, what come august 3rd i don't know if you're going to get your social security check. you know, what's going to wind up happening is the government's going to have to prioritize its obligations. and that means all of its payments. but there is a chance that some of those payments won't go out. but you know, at this point when you look at how the marke

alison. >> reporter: dave, that's right.peaker boehner is being forced to rewrite his plan because none partisan numbers will not produces the deficit savings that the speaker promised. president obama promised to veto that plan anyway, but this is another setback with just six days to go. we were in several congressional offices yesterday where phone and e-mail systems were overloaded with people weighing in. democrats are railing against republican plans to cut the deficit with no dax increases. >> they don't just want to make cuts. they want to destroy. they want to destroy food safety, clean air, clean water, the department of education. >> and while conservatives say the cuts in speaker boehner's plan don't go far enough, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is emphasizing the need to strike a deal. >> we cannot get a perfect solution from my point of view controlling only the house of representatives. >> reporter: now, the congressional budget office -- this is also new this morning -- released another report. this

reason to keep keep them secret all right thank you very much for your analysis and your thoughts alison we are president of the council for the national interests here. now the chinese communist party is celebrating its ninetieth year after taking power in the revolution of one nine hundred forty nine the party's turn china into the world's fastest growing economy for more we're now joined live from the u.k. by professor shuji yal of the university of nottingham thank you very much professor yow for being on the program well china has made incredible achievements under the communist party but has the quality of life for the ordinary chinese caught up with this in. nomic boom which yeah i kinda really cure people leaving spending increase quite significantly even most recent one ticket for the poor people was an income hit increase now you need an income because of lighting equalities so dearly. it's not really obvious you have some sort of low income people will may not trios as heavy as to which people so yeah we have beer polices siskel economy but the kinds of social inequality and j

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as alison burns reports, he will hold a news conference before that takes place. alison? >> reporter: that's right. president obama will certainly be setting the tone for today's round of debt talks during that news conference. it gets started in just about 45 minutes. now, during sunday's session, it was all smiles around the table as negotiations got underway between president obama and congressional leaders. but reports indicate the 75- minute round of talks was testy, to say the least. both sides appear to be digging in their hills about how to reduce the federal defcy. treasury secretary tim geithner says a deal is needed by the end of this week to meet that august 2nd deadline for raising the nation's debt ceiling. >> as we go into july, further into july, the world is gonna be progressively more concerned about whether this town, this city, washington, d.c., can figure a way to solve this problem -- this problem. >> reporter: and there is a lot of fighting about the size of the plan. republicans are rejecting any deal that would include tax increases. democrats say

we go now to alison burns in our washington, d.c.ureau who has been monitoring murdoch's highly anticipated testimony before parliament in london. >> that's right. we've been monitoring the hearing for more than four hours. the bottom line from -- the -- this is a live look inside the hearing room of a select committee of parliament where murdoch and his son have been testifying for more than an hour and a half. they are facing questions about what any knew about the hacking by "news of the world" reporters who paid off hacking victims and whether it extended to the u.s. the fbi is investigating whether the family members of 911 victims were targeted. >> we've seen no evidence of that at all. as far as we know, the fbi -- [ inaudible ] >> i cannot believe this happened to anyone in america. >> reporter: murdoch's "top of the world news" closed. top officials have resigned and at least ten people have been arrested in the scandal. one member of parliament this morning accused of murdochs of willful blindness. dale -- alison burns, ktv

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> afghan officials are blaming the talibanhe murder of an 8-year-old boy. the government says the taliban demanded the father's police struck in exchange for the life of the boy and killed him when the father said no. the father said he thought it was just a prank call. a spokesman for the taliban denies any responsibility for the death of that child. >>> 7:1. president obama is expected to talk about immigration issues today. he will be speaking at the annual conference of the national council of laraza in washington, d.c. organizers say attendees want to hear from the president on a number of pending issues including immigration reform. they also want him to comment on the record number of deportations last year. >>> a new study shows racial discrimination by housing providers in solano county against black applicants. out of 40 pairs of blight and black applicants calling about the same rental, 13 white individuals received preferential treatment t. the study was done in part by the solano county office of legal services of

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as ktvu's alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, president obama is clearly losing patience. alison. >> reporter: there are differing accounts about just how exasperated the president got at yesterday's two-hour meeting. republicans say he abruptly walked out. now, the big blowup happened between president obama and house majority leader eric cantor. the president is refusing to concede to cantor's demand for a short-term deal with big budget cuts and no tax increases. according to cantor and white house aides the president said don't call my bluff. i'm going to the american people with this. i've reached my limit. this may bring my presidency down but i will not yield on this. house speaker john boehner is expressing some frustration of his own about dealing with president obama. he says negotiating with him is like dealing with jell-o. meanwhile, the steaks are getting -- stakes are getting higher by the minute. moody's investor services is threatening to downgrade the united states' aaa credit rating. that would make bo

alison? >> reporter: the white house is denying that president obama abruptly walked out of last night's debt talks but no doubt he's angry about how it's all going. the blowup happened between president obama and house majority leader eric canter, one witness says the president tore into canter refusing his demands for a short-term debt limit increase. canter says the president told him don't call my bluff. i'm taking this to the american people. democrats are rallying behind behind the president's hard line stance. >> as far as i'm concerned, the president has the patience of a saint. he's making the case. >> reporter: now the stakes are getting higher by the minute. moody's investor services is threatening to lower the united states' aaa credit rating. of course that would send shockwaves through wall street and be a huge setback for the economic recovery. i'll show you what house speaker john boehner is saying about how president obama is negotiating during my next update in about an hour

alison kosik has details on your money. you're always on time.debt downgrade for the u.s. government. what do you think every day americans should know when it comes to their investments right now? >> well, everybody's getting pummeled with the headlines. try to keep your eye on the long term. with that being said, many traders expect the market to take a short term hit if the government debt rating is downgraded, what you'll see is more volatility in the market, but things will get back to normal. listen to the advice that one trader gave me. what are you telling your clients? >> right now if you're in the market, stay in and keep a close eye on things. but if you're not, stay on the sidelines. just watch. there's no rush at the moment. just too much uncertainty. >> trance laying, don't make any big moves right now as long as you're diversified, of course. also remember, you shouldn't really try to time the market especially if it's your retirement at stake. and remember, when it comes to investments, nothing is guaranteed. the bigger the risk,

so go on. >> i would love that. >> the next day collins seems well aware that sex with 13-year-old alisonuld be wrong when the decoy writes. >> do you want to make love to me? >> if you was 18, yes, at 14, you scare me. >> so do you not want to talk to me anymore? >> talk, yes, about sex stuff, no. need to mature a little more before you're ready for me. >> that's cool. >> but collins chats with alison on and off for more than three weeks and continues to write things like this apparently referring to group sex. >> got any friends you want to double team me with or you think you can handle me? >> the decoy says she'll be alone on the weekend and another perverted justice decoy seals the deal on the phone. >> i can wait for you if you want to go to the beach, too. i could bring my kite. it's got a big smiley face on it. >> we deploy our 19-year-old actress down to the beach along with that smiley kite and send along some extra security out of camera range. and here comes collins right on time. >> hi. how are you? let me just grab my stuff down here, okay? >> officer kevin paneda of the fla

more on that just ahead. >>> we're back with alison causic.any advice people who are forced to make that kind of decision? >> know that it's not the financial end of your life. for some it's little choice than to let go of it. keep up on all of your credit obligations, and after the foreclosure, your credit is going to hit rock bottom, but then you have the freedom and ability to start over and get finances under control. so there is hope, suzanne. >> you have been sounding off on the "talk back" verdict. was justice served in the casey anthony case. carol costello with responses. >> a lot of responses, and this from katie, yes the prosecution's case wasn't strong enough to prove the case. this from joy, the jury did the best they could based on what the da gave them. it was not enough to prove murder, no time or place or no physical evidence linking the murder to the defendant. this from ronald. no, something is terribly praurng and somebody in the anthony family knows what happened to that little won. this from christopher, this is just just

alison burns is live in washington, d.c.e new done sessions president obama seems to be cough -- concessions that president obama seems to be offering. >> reporter: that's right. president obama has vowed not to consider any short-term deals. but now the word from the white house is he might accept an extension for a few days if it buys time for something bigger. libert else -- liberals don't like the cuts to retirement programs and conservatives are rejecting any plan that includes tax increases. >> we're against tax increases. we're not going for this time of plan. >> reporter: nancy pelosi just trapped um her -- wrapped up her weekly news conference talking about the urgency of the crisis, she says it's important to remove all doubt that the u.s. will risk all default but it's still unclear how they will do it. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> president obama has nominated a uc berkeley graduate to serve as a judge on the u.s. district court for the central district of california. michael fitzgerald ha

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. >> thank you very much, i'm gary japson, president of the history museum, and with us is alison owings, i understand van voices, listening to native americans. we meet a wide array of people and hear them discussing their own lives. alison, please begin the conversation. >> thank you very much, gary, and also thank you to the chicago lit fest. i'm very happy to be here. i think that i wrote this book initially because i was apolled by the ignorance of non-native people about native people, including myself so i therefore set out to find what i could to destereo type what i find as a bad problem for centuries and it continues today, and initially, my idea was well, i will just talk to a few native people and find out what they had to say about their own lives, and then the book became stronger and stronger really, far reaching, and i ended up interviewing the indians of maine to the last chapters of the hawaii yap chanter. my object was to destereo type people thinking this would be helpful because native americans in my opinion are still harmed by the steer your tines -- stereotypes ab

o with us today is our guest author, alison owings. her latest book is c-span2.n her book we meet all wideeet array of native people, and we hear them discussing their own lives. so, please begin the>>nk y conversation. >> thank you very much, and thank you to the chicago. i am happy to be year. i think that i wrote this book initially because i was so appalled by the ignorance of non native people about native people, including myself.ding and i therefore set out to find what i could to help the stereotype what i find is a vera bad problem for centuries andeen continues today.and in initially my idea was, well,t i will just talk to a few native people and find out what they had to say about their own whatt lives. then the book became stronger and stronger and far reaching. i ended up interviewing the lasa chapter is a whole whyter. enchanter. my object at the time west saido the stereotypes people's thinking that this would be tnkn helpful because native americans in my opinion are still harmed d the stereotypes about them. but of the other hand the book also be

i'm alison kosik in new york. >>> looking ahead to the start of thursday's session, this is where u.s. futures stand in the premarket action. the major indices are looking mixed right now. no one wants to take this up before they get real news. >>> speaking of the united states, the u.s. is streamlining its technology operations in terms of space and also costs. the obama administration announce it will be shutting down 178 computer centers as of next year. this is part of a wider plan to close 40% of its 2,000 data centers during the next four years to come. the move is expected to save the u.s. government billions of dollars. of course, as we've been saying on this show, it's spending billions of dollars. any moves like this to save some money is probably good news. >> absolutely. you know what? the u.s. is following the lead of the private sector. making this transition to cloud computing. that means files and applications will be accessed through internet, making storage easier for the swell of information expected. 1.8 units will be replicated this year. that's the amount of info

. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00 with leon harris and alison starling. 11:00, onc 7 news at your side. >>> we are about 36 hours and until the final scheduled liftoff in the nasa shuttle program. astronauts prepare for the voyage and people in our area about the final mission. we are live in the satellite center with the local impact of final flight. >> for those appreciate aviation exploration, this is the end an era. thehere is one aircraft at smithsonian air and space that fills an entire wing. it is the space shuttle enterprise. these museumgoers, at a glance at the engineering ingenuity comes at the conclusion of a remarkable run. >> i am sad to see it go. >> friday morning, weather permitting, the shuttle atlantis t off bound for the international space station. understand that nasa is changing. part of me is excited to see and part of me as kind of sad. history wrapped into the program. >> the 30-year program has been by triumphs and tragedies. >> deaf and the leak a tinge of bittersweet for the people of hawaii. -- definitely a tangent of the people ofr hawaii. dream

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. lot of people, it was not long ago, we lost a lot of money. and wall street now is preparing for what might lie ahead. do we see people reacting the same way? >> reporter: oh, yes. definitely. wall street is getting nervous at this point. you can see it in what the major averages are doing today. t dow down 88 points. investors are putting their money in gold and getting out of stocks. you're steeg in teeing it in th it's weak. and we're seeing it in the viks. th vix. that is spiking. i'm with the director of floor trading. >> one thing the market really hates is uncertainty. and right now, there's a ton offen certainty out there, whether it's the debt ceiling or possible downgrade and don't forget friday we have a big jobs number. so uncertainty all over the place. low volume. and the numbers in the s&p, 1335, we can't hold, so a lot of technical things going on. >> what are you telling your clients? >> if you're in the market, stay in and keep a close eye on things. but if you're no

alison kosik is in new york. are you there? we can hear you? >> i am hear.d see you. >> what's driving up thinks concert ticket sales? >> the promoters have to get creative, because the industry just had a heart time last year. yeah, they're bringing in 16% more this year, because they are getting cede th creative, you know, like j.lo and pitbull, now they're combining, so we're seeing like rod steward, new kits on the block. >> they're playing smaller plays, so they're streamlining, making it more -- giving more value outside and inside, it looks like the real deal. even the employees have these blue t-shirts and their tags, but you know what? these stores are a big rip-off. a few have opened up in different cities in china. it looks like a real apple store, doesn't it, don? >> yeah, it does. >> but they're not. this isn't like when you go walking out in new york and pick up the fake purses, and if they see cops, they put the tarp over over our throw it in the truck. they're actually ripping off the apple name. what they say is they are selling tell -- so t

alison burns is live now in your washington, d.c. newsroom with the new plan that president obama seems enthuse cattic -- enthusiastic about. >> reporter: that is right be the gang of six has reached a deal on a plan that could pave the way for raising the nation's debt limit and president obama seems to like it. this plan would cut $3.7 trillion from the federal deficit over ten years. 26% of that savings comes from tax increases. 74% from spending cuts. conservatives have vowed not to support any tax increases but gang of six republicans says the tax reforms in the plan will lower many tax rates. >> we are going to seek corporate rates lowered to historic lows. that will have a huge impact on these people that are looking for jobs because corporations will then have certainty. >> reporter: meanwhile today the u.s. senate starts taking up another plan. the cut, cap, and balance bill the republicans sponsored bill that passed the u.s. house last night. president obama is promising a veto but it is unlikely it will pass the senate. re

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:16. better news this morning about that huge wild fire near the los alamos nuclear lab. firefighters have thinned out a lot of the vegetation. they are keeping the flame from getting close to that nuclear lab. the fire is moving north though. it's heading toward land considered sacred by a native american tribe. >>> a missouri man is accused of raping a woman as she lay unconscious on the street. the woman was walking in kansas city, missouri wednesday morning when she felt dizzy, sat down, and passed out. two witnesses say they saw melvin jackson on top of her. they flagged down a nearby patrol car. >> there were witnesses that saw this happening and they stepped up and reported it. they gave help to this woman. >> police say jackson told them i thought that lady was dead. the woman was taken to the hospital and examined. jackson is in jail on a felony assault charge. >>> now the defense starts its arguments. seven members of san francisco's ms13 gang are on --ms 13 gong gang are on tria

ktvu alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to talk about where the negotiations stand. allison. >> reporter: pam as house speaker john boehner put it there was too many people at the white house to reach a deal. talks are off for today. while democrats and republicans played in the annual congressional baseball game, talks at the white house broke down again last night. congressional leaders and the president only agreed to regroup with their parties and meet again this weekend. the president indicated he would keep fighting for a deal that includes tax increases. >> you can't ask for sacrifices from working people who haven't seen a raise in some cases for a decade. and not ask anything from folks like myself who can afford to do a little bit more. >> reporter: and that remains the key sticking point as republicans refuse to budge. >> the fact is we are going to abide by our principals and that is how it is. >> reporter: now speaker boehner is indicating a new willingness to go along with a backup plan that even some

ktvu alison burns is live in our washington, d.c.oom where there is more name calling than negotiating. allison. >> reporter: that is right. of course the big news here is that the united states senate has called off its fourth of july recess for the first time since the water gate scandal. if senators are staying here, many republicans are asking why president obama was on the campaign trail in pennsylvania last night and going to camp david this weekend. >> why didn't he call senator mcconnell, speaker boehner, minority pelosi, and majority leader reid into his office and sit down and do his job? >> reporter: president obama also rejected an invitation to meet with gop leaders today calling the invitation political theater. both sides are blaming each other for the impasse. reporting live alison burns. >>> a missouri man is accused of raping a woman as she lay unconscious on a street. the woman was walking in kansas city on wednesday morning when she felt dizzy, sat down and passed out. two witnesses say they saw melvin jackson on

alison burns has more. >> reporter: i just talked to california senator barbara boxer's office. i'm told she and most senators are going home for the three-day holiday weekend. republicans are asking why president obama went on the campaign trail in pennsylvania last night and is going to camp david this weekend instead of leading negotiations. >> why didn't he call senator mcconnell, speaker boehner, minority leader pelosi and majority leader reed into his office and sit down and do his job. >> reporter: president obama rejected an invitation to meet with gop leaders today calling it political theater. both sides are blaming each other for the imamounts of reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns. >>> leon panetta was quietly sworn in as the new secretary of defense this morning during a private ceremony. his first day on the job will include meeting his civilian staff and then members of the army, navy and marine corps. after being sworn in he has promised to be devoted. >>> the court ruled that books by l ron hubbard calls for extremist activities. the book will be

. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11 with leon harris and alison starling. this is abc 7 news at 11 on your side. >>> police need your help to track down this man who they say is behind attacks. detectives believe that he is responsible for a cold case murder. >> police have begun a bold new campaign to try to find a predator that targets young women. >> after searching for decades police are trying something totally different. they believe they could give them the break that they have been waiting for. >> if you know that someone is out there trying to take advantage of me, trying to hurt me is really scary. >> a secluded path opened up to a grassy field. police say 13 years ago, this man brilliant raped and beat this woman to death. she was an intern for the national academy of sciences. >> it is scary for college girls for anyone, for that matter. >> dna evidence has connected the suspect to eight different assaults. >> the think he would be watching this coverage right now? >> the department is launching a new website. he was caught within two weeks of w

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allison -- alison. >>> moments ago, minnesota's governor signed the budget plan. the last vote came in around 1:30 our time ending a three- week shutdown. in the end, democratic governor mark dayton gave up on his plan for tax increases and republicans agree to soften spending cuts. 22,000 state workers are expected to be back on the job tomorrow. >>> two u.s. citizens are being charged with helping pakistan tilt u.s. policy against india's control of kashmir. the two men are accused of failing to register as pakistan citizens. and for using their washington manufacture based lobbyist group to promote pakistani control of kashmir. the fbi also claims they funneled campaign donations to members of congress and presidential candidates to help their cause. >>> workers say recognition will put them in danger, talking about the help being given to pakistan, that will help win over the hearts and minds in pakistan. but aide groups say being linked to the u.s. will make them targets. >>> a new report shows th