>> alison, thank you very much.er today president obama will return to the white house to sign a new bill into law. it focuses on transportation and student loans and carries a price tag of $105 billion. it will fund highway and transit projects for two years, and it extends a 3.4% interest rate on several student loans and many students will no doubt be breathing a sigh of relief and one of those students joins me now, a senior at st. cloud university in minnesota. amanda, welcome. you've been active in lobbying for increases in student funding at college. >> this is an exciting day for students. this is something myself personally have been lobbying for along with students across minnesota and the country. it's exciting that congress was able to find the solution and find the money for it and that the president will sign it into law today. >> so, you know, amanda, this bill will keep the low rates in place for one year, and that year can go by quickly. is that good enough, and what will it take to reach a long-ter

alison, what have you heard? >> if you're totalling up the losses so far this year from those trading losses from the risky trades, what it adds up to is $5.8 billion. that's almost triple what was originally thought. but jamie dimon said they could get bigger by another $1.7 billion. keep in mind just because the trades were discovered and announced to everybody, you know, they can't just suddenly be stopped. so what has to happen is the bank still has to unwind some of the trades. many of which were very complex, and that takes time. but get this. even with the trading losses that were announced today, the bank still beat expectations, reporting a $5 billion profit in the second quarter. it's taken in $9.9 billion in total profit so far this year. also the bank says the chief investment office where the losses came from will no longer trade these complex derivatives. here is something that makes the announcement interesting. these releases normally come during a very short conference call, but jamie dimon is si

alison bick's inspiration started with a storm.nated the water supply in her hometown. >> and one my friends called me up and asked if there was a way to determine if the water was safe to drink using materials found around the house. i said, "huh, that's a pretty interesting question." >> alison's search for an answer led to a brand-new testing device that's easy to use, inexpensive, and highly accurate. >> there are different methods to test water quality, one of which is using aerial photography to determine water quality. that's how i got the idea of using the camera part of a cellphone and the computer-processing part of the cellphone -- that combination -- to test the water. >> sweden. [ applause ] turkey. [ applause ] ukraine. >> all the participants are already winners, having earned cash for themselves and their schools in national competitions. here in stockholm, sweden's crown princess victoria is awarding the international prize. >> the winner of the stockholm junior award 2011 is the team from the united states of amer

alison kksik explains... while the damage adds up, so does the bill to covvr it. it. --reporter pkg-as follows -- the cost of fighting the wildfires in colorado is now estimated to be $67 million dolllrs. the federal government is picking up a big portion offthht bill, so yoor tax dollars are involved. the biggest fire is burning in colorado springs. and ss far it's cost $11 million just to fight the fires there. the city isn't giving ann estimates yet on property damage or business losses -- but some major toorist attractions had to close forra fewwdays. all of that means even more money is being lostt if history is our guide, this pollars. let's compare it tooa - massive wildfire that started near colorado's hayman campground in 2002. p to now, this was the state's biggest. it burned moreethan 137-thousand acree. it cost $42-million to fight that fire. but that was just 20% of tottl price tag -- which hit $207 million dollars! property lossss made up the majority -- but other costs like repairing water systems -- plus losses in business and tax revenues aaded to the

. >> alison tenía tan solo 15 años y ya era campeona de lucha olímpica de el salvador,ganó oro y muchasrecorrer 58 kilómetros y podría estar en cualquier lugar, incluso hubo una llamada de teléfono de una persona alertando a la policía, pero no leicieron caso. >> no sabemos de eso, y de serlo así y la policía no actuó sí podría haber responsabilidad por omitir. >> dicen que había un cadáver en un pueblo. >> no tienen esto enmente y no podemos determinar por su ropa y el siguiente paso es que la identificación es por adn¡. >> todos pedían que no fuera ella, pero sus peticionesueron fulminadas cuando dieron los resultados. >> es que nadie sabe por qué se ensañaron tanto se describe un uadro dantesco. >> está desmembrado, en 8 partes. >> una apuñalada enl abodomen y luego el asesino levantól puñal en el tórax, practicamentelo partió. >> la niña estuvo con vida luego de 10 días, pues el examen dice que no llevaba más de 72 horas muerta. >> la gente que la conoció dicen que las autoridades no deberían concentrarse de que ella tenía amistades con pandilleros. >> esas apreciaciones no deberían

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i'm alison kosik in new york.---end----- cnn.script----- those sweltering ttose sweltering temperatures...are claiming deaths have happened in lated - maryland... so far this year. year. the mess after the storms.new information on the clean-up effort.

i'm alison kosik innnew york.--end-----cnn.script----- oscar -winning actress halle berry injured! injured!the injury she recieved on a movie set... that sent her to the hosptial...and her condition no. now.after spending days in the dark... with mass power outages... one lawmaker says it's not the b-g-e or pepco's fault.who's he placing blame on and the action he's caling f. for. 3 the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they stick with you, all morning long. kellogg's® mini-wheats cereal. [ mini ] yee haw! a big breakfast in a little biscuit.

alison kosik has more on thh grrwing trend. 33 &p some pop-up ads are invading your privacy.the ads &e able to chaage the settings on your smartphones, your bookmarks, and evee take your contact informatioo, which can be sold o marketers. how does it happen? a study from lookout, a mobile security company, says thousands of smartphone apps are powered by rogue you download the app, you're - getting the advertisements too. not know it's happening because these aggressive ads can be haad to spot... sometimes they're in the form of a text message, an app them in users' notification -3 pars or home pages. it's not a huge problem...only 5-percent of free apps use an aggressive ad network.but it's becoming a biiger issue because the aaps in that 5-percent have been downloaddd over 80-million times. the rogue ads are typicalll found in personalization apps like wallpapers, asswell as comic, arcade, and entertainment apps. and like p-c pop-up ads, malicious ad--are on apps isnnt easy to get rid of.the damage ccn be reversed by deleting the app, but it's ooten haad to figure oot which app is t

i'm alison kosik in new york.- people are getting robbed at area a-t-m's... where it's happening... and what police are advising you to do. do.at this hour... poliie are searching for the armed and dangerous man who kidnapped mrs. ripken.how she got away and how you can help police track down him down. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i need all the help i can get. i tell them, "come straight to the table." i say, "it's breakfast time, not playtime." "there's fruit, milk and i'm putting a little nutella on your whole-wheat toast." funny, that last part gets through. [ male announcer ] serving nutella is quick and easy. its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. okay, plates in the sink, grab your backpacks -- [ male announcer ] nutella. breakfast never tasted this good.

i'm alison kosik in new york. -----end----- cnn.script----- a woman fights and beats cancer...ce! twice!but now... she's battling a rare bacteria... where doctors believe... she got it. it.more problems with city speed cameras.how to know if you were wronfully ticketed... and when you could get a refund. and when you could get a refund. wow, look at this bed! this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea. my dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. extreme downpourswhat a maryland congressman says they mean tonight on fox 45 news at 95 at 395

iim alison kosik in new york..script----- p thousands of people still without power, this mornig morning.how many of you are still in the dark....nd when you can expect to have your powerrback. back.and storms delay the inevitable for three fire companies sllted to close.how much longer they'll be helping in the recovery effort ann how union officiils aae fiihting 33-3

alison burns. >> thanks alison. >>> gilroy police are looking for a man who's pit bull attacked a woman and her dog last week. authorities released photos of that pit bull that was seized by officers last thursday. this dog is accused of attacking adduction inand biting the owners wrist. the pit bull also will be youth fiesed as well. the owner had not been found but authorities say they know who he is. it's not known if criminal charges will be filed. >>> california sharksman ban is facing a legal challenge this morning. the examiner reports the china town neighborhood association in san francisco plans to file a lawsuit today. shark fins are used in shark fin soup which is a delicacy in chinese cuisine. the state ban discriminates against chinese americans because it applies only to shark fins and not the whole shark. they also say the ban has hurt business and cost jobs state- wide. >>> 5:15. bart is considering a further extense of the pittsburgh bay point line in contra costa county. it's already being extended to stops in pittsburg and antioch. now bart is thinking about a possibl

as alison kosik explains... study shows just how bad it is. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- many people are still reeling from the great recession. and older americans, those over age 50, are getting hit hard. since the recession started in 2007, more than one-and-a-half million older homeowners have lost their homes to foreclosure. even worse, millions more appear to be headed down that same path. a new report from a-a-r-p says three-and-a-half million homeowners over 50 are underwaterr meaning they owe more on their mortgage than the home is worth. that's generally seen as a precursor to foreclosure. many people think older americans have been isolated from the housing crisis because they own their homes. but the reality is that older americans are carrying more mortgage debt than ever before. one reason the situation has the drop in home prices. home values have percent since mid-2006. also, one analyst says many older saddled with subprime loans, which came with low introductory interest rates that eventually

it had almost an ammonia smell, i had to wash my hands several times. >> alison and her husband checkedoof but there is no noticeable damage. >> in june a chunk of ice toward to the roof of a home in fremont. for federal authorities are still investigating if the eyes of from a passing lane. >> here is a postcard shot, yerba buena island looking out over the bay bridge in san francisco. we did manage to squeak out some blue skies. fuhr ahoy asked tuesday and wednesday is shaping up to be very similar with a lot of fog and cold weather. but thursday and friday more sunshine and a warming trend in two week period >> muni could experience a major service disruptions on monday. supporters of the late kenneth harding say the planned shutdown muni to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. offs he died at a muni station in the bayview district. they say he pulled a gun and fired at officers who tried to stop him during an fear invasion. >> we are not going to accept the police killing our children. we're sick and tired of it. we're up are still a note and fighting back. >> the family of c

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. alison, what is it? >> at a record low, 3.62%.t new low in the past 10, 11 weeks. i mentioned it's a good sign. it's actually a double-edged sword. mortgage rates obviously fall when the economy isn't doing well. the manufacturing sector is contracting. then you flip the coin over and it's actually a great time for people to buy a home when you see mortgage rates falling like this. but you have to remember, just because mortgage rates and home prices are low, don, it doesn't necessarily mean you can qualify for a loan. you know, banks are still very tight, very tight-fisted with giving out money, even to people who seem well qualified. it's still tough out there despite the falling mortgage rates. >> 3.62%. my goodness, that's really low. alison kosik, thank you. >>> i should tell you president obama is on his way to the rust belt states. that's ohio and pennsylvania. he boarded air force one just a few minutes ago. his two-day bus tour on ground force one begins in northern ohio with three scheduled campaign stops later today, an

alison harmelin, cbs news, new york. >> that better than expected profits have boosted the stock this morning trading. >>> coming up next, anny has the weekend forecast. >> jc we've got cloudy conditions out here. we could see some sprinkles maybe a shower. but with the better chance for some showers and storms over the weekend. and the heat wave coming this way. i've got your full forecast coming up when 9news now at noon returns. stick around, we're back after the break. >>> we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some of my friday favorites, morning viewer whitney sent me this dole. mr. handyman of metropolitan washington is offering three hours of labor from a licensed insured and bonded technician. $175. that would normally cost you $350 so you're actually saving 50%. you can cash in on this deal beginning tuesday. >>> in the immortal words of homer simpson, mmm doughnuts, buy a dozen krispy kreme doughnuts today and get adducessen of the original -- a dozen of the original glazed for just 75 cent

alison kosik tells us...r. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- home values took a serious hit during the recession, but the worst may be over. home prices grew point-2-percent in the second quarter, compared to the same time last year. it may be a small increase, but this is the first positive move in five years. zillow, the real estate website that crunched the numbers says home prices seem to have hit bottom. that isn't a bad thing. the market needs to hit bottom before it can recover. but the growth isn't spread equally across the country. in most of the cities surveyed by zillow, prices have dropped over the past year. the biggest decline was in chicago, where the average home lost nearly six-percent of its value. but there are some big gains offsetting those losses, and skewing the overall number higher. for example, home prices in phoenix have grown twelve-percent. and in miami, prices are up more than 6- percent. but these are cities hit hardest by the housing crisis, so the bigger the hit, the bigger the r

. >> alison, thank you. >>> here's why the jpmorgan story matters. it's the nation's largest bank, and a stock that's likely in your 401(k). plus, the shadowing world of derivatives almost brought the financial world to a collapse just a few years ago. christine romans is joining me now with more. >> all of those reasons are why so many people are looking at what might be deemed as a business story and saying this is a story for everybody, right, carol? this is a trading los that happened right under the nose of what was thought to be the smartest banker in the room, jamie dimon. and the loss showing that even from the very beginning, when he first said it was a tempest in a tea pot. and now it's $5.8 billion. and really the period is not on the sentence yet. we'll have to see how the rest of the trade is unwound. $5.8 billion loss shows very significant risk failure in this bank from some of the very people that were depending on having good risk management because of how important banking is to the economy. >> what about regulations? will anything

. >> alison kosik is in for christine romans this morning.kline is paying a $3 billion fine. >> for fraudulently marketing nine drugs off label between the 1990s and 2007. and when we talk about marketing off-label. what they say is that's when a pharmaceutical company markets the drug as a treatment for conditions different from what the fda has approved. when you break down that fine, you look at $1 billion of that, that goes to settling the criminal wrong doing, $2 billion of it covers the civil liabilities. here's what the government said they did. said it marketed paxil to children. abuterin was marketed as a weight loss drug, and it's an antidepressant. there are lots of other popular drugs involved. you can take a look here including advair, imitrex. these were not just for marketing off-label. but the company's accused of paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe the drugs. we talked to some people and they were surprised about this. >> i would say at the very least, yeah. >> take a listen to what they had to say. >> i didn't realize d

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:15. a small plane was carrying a very bold message about penn state university. it flew over the campus yesterday. there it is. the banner that read take the statue down or we will. it's a reference to that statue there opinion the statue of former head football coach joe paterno. a report released showed that joe paterno helped to cover up child sex abuse by jerry sandusky. a spokesperson for penn state says a decision will be made in the next couple of days. >> decision about the penn state possible program will be made as well. penn state says it respond in a matter of days to the ncaa demand for information about possible penalties. all of it stemming from the sandusky child sex abuse scandal. the head of the ncaa says he's not ruled out the possibility of shutting down penn states football program. >>> four people charged with murdering a man they say was pimping a teenage girl are due back in a san francisco courtroom in three hours. the girls parents are accused of hunting down cal

ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c.mexico's next president says he will do about the drug violence plaguing that country. alison. >> reporter: mexico's pri party has been on the political side lynns for more than a decade now. but now it is back with a 45- year-old governor who appears to have won the country's highest office. pena is is promising -- pena is promising good government and war against drugs. but it's control ended in 2000 amid allegations of corruption. he says this time there will be no deals or negotiating with organized crime. his rival has not yet conceded. we'll have more on what the election could mean for relations with the united states during my next update in about an hour. reporting live alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the two biggest economies in asia continues to slip. chinese factory orders shrank at the fastest pace since last december. now that is raising new fears about weaker orders for u.s. manufactures and a weakening lowball economy -- weakening global economy. stocks in europe

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >> thanks alison. >>> we will send it over to sal. he's been looking at the golden gate bridge. how are things over there? >> yeah. we are looking at all kinds of stuff. that is right, dave, i look at all kinds of stuff. and so does steve. we are looking at the fog on the golden gate and southbound 101 traffic is moving well. i heard steve say there is a big marine push, but that is all i know. we will bring in steve in a moment. driving wise that means you may see more fog in some of the spots we normally see fog. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge. not a lot of fog this far inland. and the morning drive on the south bay commute looks good. although freeway senators looking fine here as you drive on 101 let's say you are driving on the peninsula 101 and 280 are off to a good start. let's go to steve. >> i'm honored you listen. [ laughter ] what he means is the fog. really picking up because of a low right up there. this time of year i mean it really don't see that very often. temperatures they did warm up a little on

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to fill us in on this story.his is incredible. >> here's what the government says that glaxosmithkline did, carol. the government saying that the company marketed a bunch of drugs off label. and when they talk about off label, that's when a pharmaceutical company markets the drug as a treatment for conditions that are different from what the fda has approved. what the government says glaxo did was market paxil to children, and wellbutrin as a weight loss drug. this comes out to be the biggest drug settlement in u.s. history. and there are a bunch of other popular drugs involved there too. these drugs that you see there weren't just marketed off label, carol, but also had kickbacks to doctors to prescribe a lot of these drugs. carol? >> have other companies been caught doing this type of thing before? >> surprise, surprise, it's more common than you'd think. merck, pfizer, all companies that have taken part in this kind of fraudulent markets. they also have to pay up pretty big as well. they had big fines. we talk

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:15.ary of state hillary clinton arrived in israel. she is now meeting with israeli president perez talking about iran's nuclear program called by israel a major threat to world peace. this could be the last stop of -- this is her last stop of her world tour. earlier secretary clinton got a very angry reception as he ended her trip to egypt. look at this. protestors in cairo chanted monica referring to her husband's white house sex scandal in the late 1990s. they also threw tomatoes at her water kid. and water bottles as well demonstrators say the united states is not doing enough to promote democracy in egypt. >>> president obama is campaigning today in the battle ground state of ohio. the president is expected to remind people at a town hall event in cincinnati about his administration bailout of the auto industry. and he plans to tell ohio voters that mitt romney's tax proposals would create jobs but in other countries. in an interview this morning mitt romney said president obama's att

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alison kosik is live. so how cheap aree talking about?you know, first of all, i had to take a step back. cheaper airfares. when was the last time we heard about this? but these are pretty sizeable price drops, carol, depending on when you fly and where you're traveling to. farecompare is expecting prices to fall anywhere from 10% to 20%. we did some test searches this morning and we found out you can save a lot of money. say you take a round trip from newark to los angeles. it will cost you $533 if you travel between thursday through sunday. in mid august. but look at this. it drops almost $100 if you go in mid september instead. detroit to austin trip, that will save you $50 if you wait a few weeks. now some of these fares don't change at all from month to month. but in most cases what we found is there was at least a modest price decrease. very welcome news to a lot of people who need to fly this fall, especially since airfare prices had already gone up 8% over the past couple of years. >> very expensive. alison kosik live for us. >>> 1

alison? >> reporter: dave, the house came into session just about 15 minutes ago and the repeal bill is expected to easily pass later today. still, it has no chance of getting through the senate. >> we are resolved to have this law go away and we're gonna do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: barbara lee pointed out it's the 31st time the republican majority has tried to repeal all or part of the law. >> this, a tea party majority is connected from reality, that this house takes vote after vote on bills that have no chance of becoming laws. >> reporter: democrats also point out today that if republicans are able to take control of the senate this fall, the healthcare hall could be doom -- the healthcare law could be doomed. back to you. >>> for the third time in two weeks, a california city has been approved for bankruptcy. this time, it's san bernardino. the city may not be able to pay its workers next month. the acting city manager says san bernardino faces a $45 million budget gap

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> arizona's abortion ban willake effect this week as scheduled. now, yesterday, a fella banning any abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later is constitutional. the judge said the state provided well-documented evidence that an unborn child has the capacity to feel pain during an abortion by at least 20 weeks but he said the law does not ban women from ending a pregnancy. >>> despite the deadly colorado theater shooting, american's views on gun control are about the same. 47% say it's important to enforce gun control. compare that to april when 45% said it was important. nearly 70% said shootings like the one in colorado are isolated acts. last week, president obama said he's working on a plan to predues gun violence. >>> a $10,000 reward is being offered to help oakland police solve a homicide. rafael cortez garcia was shot to death late friday night after being robbed at highland hospital and 13th avenue. police have focused their investigation on a unique wallet stolen. it looked like a 1,000 p et so bill. if

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange, but alison, before we get into chrysler's increased profitsing on the auto bailout today. why? >> yeah. and with this hearing, carol, that's happening in washington this morning, it really is bringing back tough memories for a lot of people. have you to remember delphi was general motors' biggest supplier toe the big issue is how pensions were treated between delphi's hourly and sal read workers as the industry was falling to pieces. now when delphi went bankrupt back in 2009, it terminated the pensions of 70,000 workers, and the government wound up stepping in to refund a majority of those plans, but the big problem with this, according to "the detroit news," is that gm itself took over the pensions of most of delphi's hourly workers. now, many hourly workers are in the uaw union. as you know, this union is a huge force in the industry which gm negotiates its contracts with. now salaried employees didn't get the same treatment and salaried workers say they are not getting as much money as they should be. lawmakers have a lot of questions. the

alison - banning gay members... pin boy scouts. scouts.how the decision was was made... long it took to reach the controversial ... resolution. &presolution.a megabus meltdown. whht happened toopassengers headed to baltimmre that sent one to the hosptiil and leftt the others stranded in jersey. jersey. i don't smoke cigarettes and don't understand why anybody would. but that's not foo me to decide. cigarettes - more specifically, the manufacture and sale of cigarettes - issan example of crony capitalism. tucced deep inside the 600-page highway bill recently signed into law was a small paragraph that effeetively wipes out roll-your-own cigarette shops. roll-your-own shops are mom and pop operations where customers purchase loose tobacco and cigarettes. they're cheaper than the name-brandss and they don't have chemical additives. roll-your-own shops were not banned due to any health reasons. but due to competitioo. the paragraph phht wiied out the shops was slipped into the bill by montana senator max baucus. since 2000, baucus has received $20,000 in pac contributions fro

alison burns has more. >> reporter: now, congress is threatening to get involved. the sale mate, how tight the control should be on companies like google, yahoo! and facebook that rely heavily on user data for advertising. the companies are worried any mechanism that limits too much of their collection ability would hurt profits. >> you should a right to opt out. you should have some enforcement rights. you should also have the sense that companies are less like throw are have detailed profiles about you -- are less likely to have detamed profiles about you -- detailed profiles about you. >>> timothy geithner is warning about another recession. he says that tax increases, along with billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts would severely damage the economy. tax breaks for all americans are due to expire at the end of the year and $100 billion in defense cuts are due to take effect in january if congress doesn't agree on a new budget deal. >>> well, there is a new poll out who says that a majority of people who believe that romney's business background makes h

alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. alison? >> zoraida, the day is still young.rading day, the nasdaq down more than 2% and the s&p 500, that's where your 401(k) most likely tracks that's down more than 1.5%. guess what, the global market is back and that's playing out in the markets on the green here. if you notice, a few weeks of nothing really negative, too negative coming out of europe and the focus wound up turning back here to the u.s. on our fiscal issues like the fiscal cliff when that series of spending cuts and taxes go up. we had our focus on earnis and housing. housing has actually become a bit of a bright spot. the real good focus has been here on the u.s. economy for the past week or so, but then, you know what happened overnight? bam, new signs that the spanish government itself will need a a bailout. in spain the banking system has been in trouble for a very long time and actually a bailout for a bank has been finalized and there had been renewed hopes that the bank bailout would be enough to sustain spain. but that may not end up being the case.

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here's our alison kosik. >> hi, ashley, first harry potter then "twilight.". but this craze is not for kids. hotels across the country are starting to offer packages based on the massively popular and scandalous book by e.l. james. personality hotel says it's calling all women to take charge and be the driver's seat offering 50 shades of women package at three of its locations. and for $369 the package includes deluxe accommodations, black satin scarf. we can safely say the feathers are not for dusting. at the hotel max in seattle, you can get a 50 shades of seattle package starting at $1,669. that includes chauffeured town car service, a helicopter tour of the city and a sailing excursion among other indulgences of course. and at portland's heathman hotel, it depends on if you're traveling with a budget. the inner goddess addition includes $40 and a bottle of wine. if you're willing to shell out more, you get appetizers and wine for six people, limo transfers and another helicopter ride. it's no surprise these hotels are trying to cash-in. all three of the 5

let's bring in alison kosik.alison, what are they fighting about. >> >> what this boils down to is who copied who and who invented what? this is being called the patent trial of the century. apple is saying you copied the iphone and ipad and samsung says its designs were too much like apple's. apple is asking for $2.5 billion in sales damage and loss profits. that's apple's side. samsung says the inspiration came from sony's plan for its smartphones. samsung says apple wants the stifle competition and limit consumer choice. this case is interesting because it made the inner workings public. you can bet the information flow is only beginning. >> the patent trial of the century. thank you. dan, you're in san jose. i know people are saying what does this mean? what would an apple victory mean for me? >> apple wants to discontinue products that infringe on their copyrights. they don't want the products sold in stores. it's interesting that apple went after samsung. they didn't go after google. they believe if you tak

alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. thanks so much for that. catch them if you can.miles an hour weaving through traffic all while filming himself. now police in british columbia are trying to track him down. they think they know who this guy is 25-year-old randy george scott of victoria. this video has gone viral with a million hits on youtube. scott is facing charges that could have him braking being locked up for five years. >>> it's called the red light for a reason. look at this car speeding through right there red light in new jersey slamming into another car. spinning around and taking down a light pole as you saw right there. you're going to see it again. thankfully the driver made it out okay. police released this video as a way to remind drivers that stopping at a red light is a matter of life and death. >>> stopping the drug war. well, it's hard thanks in part to the hundreds of small tunnels that are hand dug under the u.s./mexican border. now, our cameras take you inside one passageway that is being called the most sophisticated. here's cnn's casey wian.

innits test phase and ii available to some all facebook users here in the u-s later this week.i'm alisonik in new york. a new study suggests huuans release what is knownn using things ike facebook ann r twitter a researcher foond that humans release the hormone oxytocin ... while ccmmuniccting through social media websites,,instant and text messaging. and that "hormonal high" can haapen within seconns. coming up... harsh words.. from harry reid. reid.reid says: "...i think theyyshould take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile aad burn them what he says is so offensive about team u-s-aas olympic unif. uniforms. bth 7/12 - threats 3from abovewhen a journalist the obama administration reported a drone buzzed his challed up to mere coincidence. but consiier thhs. more than 60 u.s. military bases havee been designattd for drooe use. &p presumably, for use overseas. homeeand security has approved the use of dronee in the u.s. it's spendinn money to accelerate adoption by domestii agencies. which ageecies and here? they're not saying. repootedly, more than 250 perrits have been issued for d

do you do that, alison kosik?ll, it is not only about being addicted to the devices, but it is feeling more and more pressure of being available to the bosses. so it is a reflection of the times and companies have reduced the head count and squeezing more work out the people they do have, so a new survey from a web security firm called good technology and found out that a good majority of people, about 80% of us continue to work even though we have left the office. survey finds that we are putting in an extra 45 days a year, and guess what, we are not getting paid for it. most want to stay organize and feel they don't have a choice because the customers are demanding quick responses and some, yes, some are addicted and they find it hard to switch that off button and here is the thing, suzanne. listen to this. this is so common that a lot of people say it is a complete nonissue with their significant others. so they don't care. keep on working. keep on working. >> everybody is so used to it by now, and how much mon

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jada pinkett smith testified on capitol hill for tougher legislation against modern day slavery. she says more needs to be done for mew man trafficking and help those who are -- human trafficking and help those who are victims. >> i believe we need more adequate funding for programs that can protect men and women who are victims of trafficking. she says fund something also needed to help victims. the she claims there are 40,000 enslaved witnesses today and she plans to launch her own campaign to bring awareness to the area. >>> we have new information on the shooting in alabama. the alleged gunman has surrendered. the police chief says this man surrendered in a town 50 miles away. surveillance video shows the area the man went to overnight. investigators do not believe this was a random act of violence. >> when he first walked up, there were people on the sidewalk and epstood for several plint, watching and everybody -- and he stood for several minutes watching. >> we never saw the guy shooting. >> police say the rampage may be connected to a shooting