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

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. ank you, alison. >>> 8:18. don'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 employe

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 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

ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain this vote delay.lison. >> reporter: dave, that's right. speaker 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

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

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

ktvu alison burns reports that john boehner speaker ship is on -- speakership is on the line here. >>reporter: that is right, dave. speaker boehner will be meeting again with republicans as a group in a little less than two hours. remember their other meeting was rowdy and chaotic with him ordering them to fall in line. speaker boehner insisted throughout the day he had the momentum to pass the debt ceiling bill that he could not muscle enough support. with time running out democrats said it's time for president obama to invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling on his own. i talked about it to one of the president's aids that said that is not going to happen. >> the president has asked his lawyers to look into this and it's not a viable option. there is no escape hatches here here. >> reporter: now all eyes are on the united states senate where democrats are moving ahead with a plan of their own. more on that during my next update in an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> a new report by the department of homeland security shows the federal aviat

ktvu alison burns reports president obama told the congressional lead evers regroup with your parties about a deal about raising the national debt limit. >> reporter: that is right. talks are off at the white house today while democratic and republican leaders meet with their rank and file to see what kind of deal they will accept and what they won't. in an interview with ktvu scott mcfarland president obama indicated he is willing to make significant budget cuts. >> we can make some cuts to programs that don't work anymore, but we've got to make sure we are still funding education. >> reporter: the talks are deadlocked over the size of the cuts and whether the deal will include tax increases. there is a light at the end of the tunnel. senate leaders are working out the details of minority leader mitch mcconnell that will allow president obama to raise the cut ceiling and pave the way for cuts. and the recommendations would be subject to an up or down votes in the house and senate. republicans seem to leak that idea. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> the city of s

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the latest proposal from republicans. >> reporter: high level talks at the white house appear to have ended for now as house republicans push ahead with a vote on what is called the cut, cap, and balance bill. it would require both houses pass a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion. and cap annual federal spending. it's a largely symbolic bill driven by conservatives that will come up for a vote in the house tomorrow. it has little chance of passing the senate. but republicans want to make the point balancing the federal budget is the top priority. >> the real deal would be an amendment to our constitution without that we are just going to talk to each other and run america into the ground. >> reporter: work is also continuing in the u.s. senate on what is considered by many here to be a fall back plan. meanwhile a new cbs news poll out this morning shows that 71% of americans disapprove of how republicans are hand

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning president obama will announce new fuel efficiency standards for cars sold in the u.s.. the new rules will require cars and pickup trucks model years 2017 through 2025 to get 55 miles an hour. that is double the current levels. the president is set to announce the new standards at 7:30 this morning. we will follow that live coming up on mornings on 2. >>> your time now 6:17. japan's prime minister announced a plan to scale back on nuclear power and use more solar energy as well as other renewable power sources. this is a reaction to the tsunami that damaged a nuclear power plant. earlier this month the japanese prime minister called for a complete phase out of nuclear power. that was opposed by other members of the japanese government. >>> a federal court is waving the statue of limb stations for a brother who suing the oakland police department over the death of her son. we want to show you video of gerald montoya. this is an interview she did with ktvu. she believes oakland police beat her son to death after his arrest on drug charg

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with a new poll that shows one political party is feeling most of this heat. good morning. >> reporter: that is right. in the last couple hours a new cbs news poll was released. it gives pretty bad news for republicans. it shows 71% of americans disapprove of how congressional republicans are handling the negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. 58% disapprove of democrats and 48% disapprove of the approach president obama is taking. house republicans are moving ahead with the vote tomorrow on their plan called cut, cap, and balance. it would raise the federal debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion and require a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. democrats are rid yuling it as idealologyically driven. it would give president obama more authority to raise the debt ceiling more on that during my next update in an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:15. today the league of california cities and the city of san

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

ktvu's alison burns live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with reports that president obama stormed out of the latest meeting. 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

alison burns has more. >> reporter: tori, j must about 45 minutes -- tori, in just about 45 minutes, barbara boxer will be rallying with other democrats to rally -- against the bill. president obama is promising a veto. it passed the house last night. >> on this vote, the yeas are 244. >> reporter: it is expected to fail in the democratic- controlled senate. now debate over how to raise the debt limit turns to the so- called gang of six. a group of democrats and republicans who have struck a deal on their own. >> i think everybody comes out with a win -- comes out a winner with the proposal we have. that plan cuts the deficit by about 3.7 trillion over ten years. about 26% of the savings from tax increases, 74% from spending cuts. president obama seems to like it but the question now is, is there time to pull it all together with less than two weeks left before the nation reaches its debt limit and risks default? 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 l

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

alison burns is following this debate and joins us from our washington, d.c.m with the latest on this. allison? >> reporter: claudine, n mid of this epic budget battle here in washington, it basically has the city as a -- at a standstill. the u.s. house is voting today on what kind of light bulb you can use. house republicans are trying to repeal a law that was passed a few years ago that requires more energy-efficient bulbs. that is, it's too expensive for americans to buy the new compact, fluorescent, l.e.k. or -- l.e.d. bulbs. >> you go out and buy light bulbs at 6 bucks a pop, to our voters, mr. speaker, that's real money. >> reporter: but the environment experts say the consumers save money in the long run by replacing their old, inefficient light bulbs. even if this passes today, the prospects in the senate are dim. back to you. >>> 8:19. well, today the first of two funerals for former first lady betty fort will be -- betty ford will be had. coming up we'll have a live report from palm desert, where final respects will be made by former presidents and o

. >>> alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. noom. she'll be back with us -- in our washington, d.c. newsroom. she will be back with us -- in fact, she's back with us now. you can mare me? >> reporter: i can. let's get right to a live look at this morning's hearing. this is the house oversight and government reform hearing. we're actually watching in the hearing room, a demonstration of bomb-sniffing dogs. you can't see it in the shot we're getting. but some are saying these specially trained dogs that work for amtrak might be better equipped to detect threats at airports than some some of the equipment that's it deployed right now. we've been getting an earful from committee leaders as they express their frustration with the federal agency in charge of airport security. >> a lot of what we have been participating in here, in my personal opinion, has been security it it that's not done the -- that's not done the job needed. >> everywhere i turn, i'm apalmed at what's -- i'm appalled at what's taking place. >> reporter: 2001 shows ther

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom this morning with why democrats say the bill is dead on arrival. allison. >> reporter: that is right. the bill that requires a balanced budget amendment faces a veto threat from president obama but it passed the house last night. >> on this vote the yeas are 234 and the nays are 190. >> reporter: the party line vote would have cut federal spending and limited future penning. it is expected to fail in the democratically controlled senate. now debate on how to raise the countries debt limit turns to the so-called gang of six. a group of democrats and republicans that say they have struck that deal of of their own. >> i think everybody comes out a winner with the proposal we have. >> reporter: their plan cuts the federal deficit by $3.7 trillion over the last ten years. but it also includes tax increases that the republican and house say they just won't pass. i'll have more on that for you. for now we are -- >>> delta airlines are eliminating cities to 24 locations. it includes

as alison burns reports, president oe obama and the speaker of the house, they are still in a war ofwords. >> reporter: this august 2nd deadline is fast approaching and the two sides are still bitterly divided about how to deal with it. president obama outlined the consequences of default in a prime time news conference. emphasizing the u.s. could lose its triple a credit rating. >> interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards, on mortgages and on car loans which amounts to a huge tax hike on the american people. we would risk sparking a deep economic crisis. >> reporter: afterward house speaker john boehner pointed the finger at president obama and the speaker is sticking to the party line of no new taxes on any deal. >> the president has often said we need a balanced approach which in washington means we spend more and you pay more. >> reporter: part of the gridlock is that some conservatives are still against raising the debt ceiling at all without a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. more on house speaker john boehner's struggle to unify his party around a plan on m

house minority leader and congresswoman nan -- nancy pelosi holds a news conference alison burns reporting>> after the back and -- as the back and forth drama in washington goes on, investors are focusing that are attention elsewhere. what wall street is doing and what investors are reac -- reacting to. >> the numb brps point higher even though most asian numbers closed down. european markets dropped 1% across the board. you can see the dow jones up almost 40 points to 12,341. while there's still uncertainty over the debt ceiling negotiations and that vote, we're talking about the latest jobless report. the latest weekly numbers provided a little room for optimism. this was much better than most economists expected. the number filing first time claims, 15,000 less than forecasted. dipping below 400,000 is considered a sign of an improving job market. the number of continuing claims dropped a bit, still at 3.7 million. something that is affecting the market in both directions arenning reports. exxon mobil coming in with good numbers. in asia, sony had a beg loss. we'll still watch. reportin

alison burns is live in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: that's right we're getting new details thisorning about the bill that house republican also move to a voight tomorrow called cut, cap, and balance. it would require both houses of congress pass a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget as a preweb requisite to -- prerequisite to the bill. >> we're in big trouble. let's have that national debate. >> meanwhile, a cbs news poll out this morning, shows that americans are most unhappy with how republicans are dealing with the -- with the debt limit talks. the poll shows that 71% of americans disapprove of how republicans are handling the talks. 5% disapprove of how -- 5disapprove -- 578% disapprove with how democrats are handling this. back to you. >>> happening now, the crew of the space shuttle "atlantis" is gearing up for their return to earth. in the last 90 minutes, the astronauts from the international space station and shuttle held a short ceremony to say farewell and save travels. two hours from now, the "atlantis" crew will start a sleep period and at 11:30 o

alison burns has the latest. >> it was a stinging setback for house speak per john boehner when he couldn'tes for his plan he will be moving ahead with a vote today op an even -- on an even more partisan plan that has no chance of passing the senate. president obama calledded on both sides to reach a compromise and called on people to twoat or email their congress members to step up the pressure. >> there are things we can't control, earthquakes, terror attacks. this isn't one of those crises. the power to shovel this is in our hands. >> reporter: insiders say boehner is adding a balanced budget remember the to the plan and he will move it to a vote later today. meanwhile senate majority leader harry reid said he is moving ahead with his on plan to raise the debt limit through the next presidential election. president obama remind both houses of congress this morning that time is running out before tuesday's dead lien. reporting live from washington, d.c.,ally sons burns, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a search is underway in a small new hampshire town looking for celine na cass. family members

burned out replace them. and then small scratches and parking dingz can be fixed without spending a bunch of money. >> alison,you might want to see this one. this story involving justin timberlake. he agreed to serve his country by taking somebody on the date. >> i want you to take me to the ball in washington, d.c. >> calling out timberlake after he urged kunis, his costar to go on a date. >> here is timberlake's response. i don't get asked out, ever. so i was very flattered by that, and i hear that she is trained in martial arts, so i am hoping we can tussle at some point. that last part was a joke. >> it better be, besides being a black belt karate instructor. sometimes she does cage fights. the date is set for november 12th in washington. >> i bet justin timberlake would be the perfect date, don't you think? not only can he sing great. do you see him on saturday night life -- >> did she just ask me if i thought justin timberlake would be a perfect date? me? >> i think he would be. >> somebody is asking out betty white. >> yeah, i heard that. >> would she be the perfect date? >> yeah, probably not for me,