alison burns is in our washington, d.c.ay be heying a lot more than you -- paying a lot more than you have to. >> reporter: that's right. the head of the new financial connection bureau will be talking about this in about 15 minutes. big banks recently agreed to settle cases where fees were charged. the new consumer watchdog agency is also investigating misleading marketing about how overdraft protection works. we talked to a consumer advocate who says customers should look for small banks and credit unions who don't charge you when your account goes into the red. >> i think the big banks thing they can get away with it -- think they can get away with it. >> reporter: reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> meantime, this morning, treasury secretary gingter in will explain a -- geithner will explain a new situation about cutting the corporate tax rate from 38% to 25% in exchange for ending a lot of loopholes. this would often a deeper rate cut for 25% of -- manufacturers. this proposal i

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:15. new this morning, egypt is pushing ahead with the criminal trial of 43 employees of prodemocracy groups, including 16 americans. the trial opens in kye -- cairo -- opens in cairo yesterday. most of the americans have left. in the meantime, behind the scenes negotiations are underway to resolve the conflict. egypt is accused of using foreign funds to create unrest. >>> syria says the results off the that -- of the weekend vote on a new constitution there will be announced today. syrians went to the polls yesterday voting on a new constitution that would establish a full tie party system. the vote is seen at -- as one way that the president is trying to calm the opposition protesters. however, critics boycotted the election. they say a new constitution is not enough. they want assad to step down. >>> in syria, the red cross hoping to get in the city of homs today to evacuate journalists who were hurt in the rocket blast that killed american journalist, marie colvin. the red cross is als

as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, the violence under scores escalating tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan. alison. >> reporter: that is right. the suicide attack came a day after six u.s. troops were hurt in a grenade attack. now this it has been a week of unrest over the burning of several quran's at america's largest base in afghanistan. the incident has exacerbated the deepening distress between the u.s. and afghanistan officials. there are several reports this morning. it could complicate u.s. withdraw plans. secretary of state hillary clinton is defending president obama's apology after fierce criticism from his republican rival. >> i find it somewhat troubling that our politics would inflame such a dangerous situation in afghanistan. >> reporter: hundreds of u.s. military and civilian workers have been pulled out of government offices in kabul and the taliban is also claiming responsibility for poisoning nato troops. i'll have more on that during my next update in about an hour. for now we are l

alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the postal service plan and what it means to you. alison. >> reporter: for starters overnight mail would no longer be guaranteed and your mail service could be delayed in parts of the bay area mail processing facilities in beerlinggame and petaluma would be shut down. nation-wide more than 35,000 postal jobs would be cut and hundreds of facilities will be closed. turn around time for netflix movies would also be eed -- be effected. the postmaster general says nothing is set in stone and members of congress are vowing to try to head off some of the cut backs when they begin voting on postal reforms next month. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new this morning a small earthquake shook bris bane overnight. magnitude 2.4 was recorded just before midnight. u.s. geological survey says people near daly city, san francisco, and san bruno recall feeling the quake. >>> we are getting information from the fends of syria -- friends of syria

as alison burns reports. this will mean long-term unemployment benefits will come to an end. good morning. >> reporter: dave, good morning. first let's talk about the payroll tax holiday. the deal means americans making $50,000 a year get to keep about $20 a week in their paychecks. republican negotiators drop their demand that it be paid for with cuts to federal programs but this morning some in the party say they are not happy with that concession. >> think about what we are doing for your seniors. we are pushing social security closer off the cliff. we will run the -- >> the deal continues to fund long-term social security benefits but reduces the maximum benefits from 99 weeks to 73 weeks and only in states that have been hardest hit with somes republicans also pushing for drug testing for people on unemployment benefits. we'll have more on where that stands. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> morgan hill woman says her run in with the law lead to an embarrassing photo shows up on the internet. police arrested casey sorono on drunk driving charges.

alison burns is live with his controversial statement. alison? >> reporter: tori, that's right.mitt romney was taking his victory lap on morning tv when he said something his critics say prove he's out of touch. still, riding high from his big win in florida where he captured 46% of the vote, mitt romney was talking about his economic plan this morning and said he wasn't concerned about the very poor. >> i'm in this case because i care about americans. i'm not caring about the very poor. there's a safety net there. if it needs repair, i will fix it. i'm not concerned about the rich, they are doing just fine. i'm concerned about the heart of america. >> reporter: newt gingrich who captured 32% of the florida vote is vowing to stay in the race. rick santorum is trying to position himself as the best conner is rative alternative to romney and ron paul is hoping his strongest organization in nevada will give him new momentum. but they all know it will be an uphill climb. back to you. >>> and mitt romney will soon be protected by the secret service. reportedly he's not being given an

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 5:15. syrian president is expected to be given an ultimatum at an international conference today on syria. u.s., european, and arab foreign ministers from 70 countries are meeting today. hillary clinton is representing the u.s.. this group is expected to demand president ray sad agree to an immediate's fire. >>> the protests continue today in afghanistan over the burning of korans at a u.s. military base. thousands of afghans have taken to the streets today following the friday prayers. the protests have been going on since tuesday and already have claimed 13 lives including two american soldiers. so far apolicies -- apologies from president obama and u.s. military officials have failed to stop the protests. >>> registered sex offender is facing sexual battery charges earlier this week. police say 54-year-old ronald epps groped a woman at a bookstore. epps is listed in the states sex offender data base and was convicted of sexual battery two years ago. right now he's locked up in the jail i

alison burns. >>> time now 6:16. new this morning bombers targeted israeli diplomats. it happened near the same times. look at these pictures. a driver and a diplomats wife were hurt in the car blasts. security located and defused the car bomb in georgia before it went off. in the past hour israeli prime minister accused iran of the attacks. iran blamed israel for a car bomb that killed a nuclear scientist in iran last month. >>> also a trial started this morning for a suspected terrorist nicknamed the demolition man. omar appeared in court. you see him wearing a white robe and skull coat. he was captured last year in the same pakistani town where osama bin laden was hiding. 202 people were killed in those explosions. there was a $1 million bounty on his head. >>> they have filed a try straining order against an exboyfriend. nadya went went to a new york hotel to see an exboyfriend. she wanted to comfort him because she thought he was going through a crisis. the exboyfriend attacked her. nadya is an alameda county supervisors. >>> this is an exciting day for college sp

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 6:15.sults of the weekend vote of a new constitution will be announced. critics already call the election a sham. syrian people went to the polls yesterday voting on a new constitution that would establish a multiparty system in that country. the vote is seen as one way that embattled president ray hard is trying to calm opposition protestors. the critics boycotted the election. they say a new constitution isn't enough. they want assad to step down. >>> happening now republican presidential candidate mitt romney is appearing at a rally in rockford. he spent a lot of time campaigning in michigan. it's his home state. both arizona and michigan hold their primaries tomorrow. the polls show that mitt romney and rick santorum are running neck and neck but a loss in the michigan primary would be an embarrassment for romney. he was born there and his father was governor. so far all of the candidates expect ron paul have won at least one primary. >>> rick santorum is expected to get secret service

reporting live from watched alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:14.al dempsey also thinks it's premature to consider arming the rebels in syria. he says it's important to first identify the pop potash cash opposition before -- identify the opposition before you give them weapons. some lawmakers including john mccain are in favor of arming the rebels and we just got this just in. the red cross says it is negotiating with all parties in syria to get them to agree on a possible humanitarian cease- fire. meantime, a prison in northern mexico is on lockdown this morning after a deadly riot yesterday. at least 44 people were killed in a violent clash between rival gangs and this -- and this prison near monterey. the high-security prison is holding 3,000 inmates. that's double the capacity. this riot comes days after the deadly prison riot in honduras. >>> war-ravaged afghanistan is now battered by bad weather. they are having the coldest weather in decades. at least 41 people have frozen to death. >>> a dozen -- a dozen people were hit by an avalanche. thre

but as ktvu alison burns reports it's still unclear if he can win the big contest in the week ahead. >> reporter: there are 11 states in play over the next days starting with the caucuses in washington state then it's super tuesday. mitt romney is hoping to -- he has three times as many delegates at rick santorum. he barely squeaked out a victory in his home state. rick santorum came in second in both states and now has more delegates than newt gingrich. they are both vowing to stay in the race along with ron paul. >> do we believe in the smart and elite to manage us or do you believe in free people and free economy? >> reporter: where the candidates are focusing today and why newt gingrich says he still has a shot during my next update in about an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the head of the california fish and game commission says he will not resign. legislatures and animal rights activists demanded that daniel richard resign because of this photograph you're looking at. it shows him smiling while holding a mountain lion he sho

ktvu alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom with a look at the big contest just ahead in the next week. alison. >> reporter: dave, mitt romney is way ahead in the delegate contest but he is beginning to meet next week on super tuesday to keep the momentum going. one political analyst called michigan romney's near death experience. but he eked out a victory last night over rick santorum and claims he has the momentum to win the nomination. his rivals are not giving up. newt gingrich has been targeting the super tuesday safe looking for an upset. here's how he explained it during a campaign stop. >> we decided not to compete in michigan because we thought it would be important to focus here in tennessee, idaho, and ohio and the states that will be on super tuesday. >> reporter: we'll take a look at where ron paul will do pretty well in my next update in about an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> the san francisco police department is the target of an excessive force lawsuit. 44-year-old erik

ktvu's alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain what's ahead for the candidates. alison? >> reporter: dave, there are 11 states in play over the next week. one of the big prizes is ohio. that's where mitt romney is campaigning today. this is a live look at his ralpy happening now in toledo. romney is trailing in ohio but hoping to leverage the momentum from his winds. he has three times as many delegates as rick santorum. he barely squeaked out the victory in his home state of michigan. >> we didn't mean by a lot but we won by enough. that's all that counts. >> reporter: rick santorum came in second in both states and now has more delegates than newt gingrich. they are both vowing to stay in the race, along with ron paul? >> do you believe in free people and a free economy and building a great america from the bottom up? what do you say? [ cheers ] >> reporter: ron paul has focused his strategy on some of the states holding caucuses. so he will be hoping to pick up his first statewide win. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>>

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:16. well, president obama says the united states has a very good estimate of when iran could finish work on a nuclear weapon. the president says he believes a standoff with iran over the nuclear program can still be resolved three diplomacy. but he says the u.s. is prepared to exercise a range of options if it becomes necessary. the president's comments follow a statement by defense secretary leon panetta last week that israel could soon launch a strike against iran's nuclear installicksations -- installations. >>> manual noriega is in the hospital after suffering a possible struck. he was taken from his prison cell out of ma city yesterday. he's said to be in stable condition. he's 77. he's serving a 20-year sentence for the murders of his o'ss during his rule -- o's -- opponents during his rule. >>> dui checkpoints were set up last night m many communities including danville. the chp says the number of people who are been drinking and driving has been on the increase the last few years.

as alison burns reports, rick santorum is poised to pick up some new momentum. allison? >> reporter: that's light. a few -- that's right. a few polls show the senator is seeing a surge in popularity. even though he just came in last in nevada, public policy polling puts him ahead in two of the states holding contests today. minnesota and missouri. mitt romney is leave -- is leading in colorado but santorum is seizing on another poll out yesterday that shows mitt romney trailing president obama in a head-to-head matchup. >> governor romney is absolutely incapable of making the case against obama care successfully. and therefore, greatly damages our ability to be able to win this election. >> reporter: here's some brand had you -- brand-new video of newt gingrich. he's focusing on ohio today and says he can win it by a huge margin. ron paul is moping for afternoon autopsy that dash hoping for an upset -- ron paul is hoping for an upset as well. >>> we're getting an idea of what the ballot here in california will look like when we have our presidential primary on june 5th.

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> rick santorum is considering secret service protection whiling a -- following a rowdy rally. a group of protesters began shutting -- began shouting an interrupting his police. police dragged two of thele protesters -- of the protesters. he's in discussion with the secret service. the only other candidate with the protection is mitt romney. >>> today, arne duncan will formally unveil a proposal to transform the teaching profession. the $5 billion program is modeled after the race to the top program. states and districts would compete for grant money to retain and attract quality teachers. the president obama is part of president obama's budget proposal and would need program -- approval. >>> rain here means snow in the sierra. this is a live look at interstate 80 in king veil this morning -- kingvale. as you can see there's quite a bit of snow on the ground. coming up in about 15 minutes we'll have a live report from blue canyon and find out just how much snow is accumulating there just in time for the presidents day weekend. and the tahoe agency

alison burns is in our washington, d.c.ching the numbers that just came in from all of the campaigns. what are you seeing? >> well, the campaigns and their super-pac have their numbers from january. here's what we found out -- president obama's campaign raised $12 million in january. mitt romney's's -- tash mitt romney's campaign 6.5. newt gingrich, 5.5. rick santorum, 4.4. ron paul proud in slightly less. brought in slightly less. the pro-gingrich super-pac raised the most, 11 million. most of it from one florida couple of. >> the pro-obama-pac raised $59,000 but he started supporting it a few weeks ago. alley sop burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:16. a central valley city councilman accused of driving drunk and leaving his injured child at the scene is now being pressured to resign. early monday morning in oakdale, jesse james white was arrested after sideswiping a parked car. witnesses say his 4-year-old son suffered a bloody nose when the air bags deployed. >>> an iraq war veteran accused of killing several homeless peo

alison burns. >>> president obama's approval rating is rising. president's approval rating has reached the 50% mark in the latest new york times poll. the poll also shows the percentage of people that believe the economy is getting better than is greater than those who believe it's getting worse. 43% says the economy is staying the same. >>> today u.s. education secretary will formerly unvail -- the $5 billion program is modeled after the race to the top program. states and districts would compete for grant money to retain and attract quality teachers. the program is part of president obama's budget proposal and would need congressional approval. >>> a morgan hill woman says her run in with the law lead to a very embarrassing -- the 36- year-old woman says someone from the morgan hill police department search her cell phone and later posted an intimate photo of her on facebook. she is now planning to sue the city. accusing the police of violating their authority. the city rejects her claims. >>> the former oklahoma homicide detective is now invol

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. three of the four candidates decided to drop out. alison? >> that's right, tori. newt gingrich is the only candidate who wanted to go ahead with the cnn debate m georgia. but the stakes are getting so high right now, mitt romney, rick santorum and ron paul are all making it clear they need as much time as they can get on the campaign trail connecting directly with the voters. let's get to a rick santorum rally p to get underway in michigan. recent polls show rick santorum ahead in the state that was posed to be an -- sporessed to be an easy -- supposed to be an easy win for mitt romney who was born and raised there. romney says he won't lose and is getting more aggressive. >> i understand jobs because i've had jobs. i mean, i look at our president. frankly others who are running in this race who have never worked in the private sector. michigan and arizona vote at the end of this month and then it is super tuesday on march 6th with more than 300 gop convention delegates at stake. back

ktvu alison burns reports mitt romney is defending his conservative record. alison. >> reporter: it will be very interesting to see what kind of reception mitt romney gets this morning. he started his day speaking to tech industry leaders in northern virginia then he heads to the conservative political action conference. more than 10,000 republicans who still have yet to coelect around one candidate. rick santorum and newt gingrich are also speaking there today. both have said they are the strongest conservatives in the race and they are trying to draw a contrast with mitt romney. >> he's not interested in talking about the issues. he's interested in trying to pander. >> this is a look at the c-pac conference yesterday. it was a packed house. ron paul will not be speaking to the crowd today. rick santorum will be the first candidate up this morning. for now we are live in washington, d.c.. >>> there is still one more contest this week in the republican race. voters in maine have been caucusing since last weekend. they will wrap up tomorrow and the win her be a

but as ktvu alison burns reports his rivals have vowing to keep fining for now. >> reporter: that isthe candidates are setting their sights on nevada and maine with caucuses there this weekend. mitt romney won florida last night with 46% of the vote. he has money and momentum on his side going forward. he will be tough to beat for the republican nomination. he's trying to ease concerns that the primaries negative tone could weaken him in the general election. >> a competitive primary does not divide us. it prepares us. >> reporter: newt gingrich brought in 32% of the florida vote. >> it is now clear that this will be a two person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. >> reporter: rick santorum finished third and says he's the best conservative alternative to romney. ron paul finished fourth but has a strong organization in nevada. i will show you how romney is targeting gingrich by mail there during my next update in about an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c.. >>> stay with ktvu channel 2 for continuing coverage. we will find t

alison burns reports mitt romney's big win in florida gives him a big advantage moving ahead. >> mitt romney is taking a victory lap on morning tv. he said in several interviews this morning he is feeling good about his chances to take the gop nomination. his win in florida was decisive. he captured 46% of the vote. newt gingrich finished second with merely 32%. gingrich is vowing to stay in the race and this morning romney said that the attacks between -- the two campaigns are toughening him up. >> each candidate has the right to stay in the race as long as they want to. i like the fact we will be honing our message. >> reporter: romney is already on the attack in nevada. here's the mailer his campaign is sending out calling gingricher rattic, unethical, and reckless. ron paul is hoping his strong organization will give him new momentum. mitt romney is raising eyebrows with his comments about the very poor in america. i'll have more on that during my next update in about an hour. >> make sure you stay right here with us at ktvu channel 2 for continuing coverage and on ktvu.com right

alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the faa investigating a scary incident on a u.s. airways passenger jet. it happened yesterday afternoon. that jet was heading from charlotte to charleston when it had to turn around and make an emergency landing. they heard a loud boom just moments after takeoff. it's not clear what caused that boom. the 44 passengers were placed on other flights. >>> new zealand health agency admits it overreacted on a flu scare. medical teams in bio hazard suits rushed on to a plane sitting on the tarmac after getting word dozens of japanese students were sick. finally it allowed the japanese students to find out most of them had nothing more than a common cold. >>> the wife of california state treasure has filed a restraining order against an exboyfriend. she went to a newark hotel to see the exboyfriend ten days ago. she wanted to con fort -- comfort him because she thought he was going through a crisis. they are getting back together after being separated recently. >>> also this morning vallejo police are expected to release new information abo

ktvu alison burns is in our d.c. newsroom and why that are stepping away from the campaign trail just to be there. >> reporter: more than 10,000 die hard republicans all in one place and the candidates want to woo them. mitt romney is participating in an early morning event outside of d.c.. this is a look at the room where he will be meeting with tech industry leaders in northern virginia. from here he will go to the political action conference in d.c.. rick santorum and newt gingrich will also address the crowd today. ron paul said he will sit it out. some of the former gop contenders were there with colorful lines. >> we must out smart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america. we out number the stupid people. trust me. i counted them. >> listen, i haven't left the fight. i went home, i reloaded my mag, and i'm fighting on a different front. >> reporter: former gop vice presidential nominee sarah palin will be the keynote speaker at the conference. and there is certainly a lot of speculation about whether s

reporting live from washington, dc, alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:14. glitter bombing of presidential candidates continues. this one is a little hard to see but someone at mitt romney's campaign headquarters in denver threw a handful of bright blue glitter on romney. romney's secret service agents quickly surrounded him and hustled the glitter-thrower out of the room. >>> and rick santorum didn't even seem to notice when he was glitter bombed during a campaign stop in minnesota. you can see a man throw green glitter on santorum. since then he has not had -- since he didn't have secret service protection the glitter thrower slipped out of the room. stay with us for continuing coverage. click on the news tab on the home page and scroll down to politics. >>> 7:14. prosecutors want former penn state football coach jerry's -- jerry sandusky's bail modified. he's under house arrest while awaiting a trial on child molestation charges. prosecutors say sandusky, who lives next door to a school, was in his backyard watching students on the playground. the neighbo

he was playing in the minor leagues, but now lynn-sanity is burning up the court and wall street. alisonw york stock exchange to put it altogether for us. pretty a iz maing. his story already is amazing. this is just icing on the cake. >> it really is. it's lintastic, i know. everybody's wondering, what is it with msg shares? we saw them really shoot up over the past week or two. so think about madison square garden itself. it's not this venue where you go to see concerts and basketball games. msg is a publicly traded company. the new york nicks are one of msg's products. what happens on the court affects the stock prices. you can see how shares have been performing. initially no movement, flat line, then, bam, that pop up 10% since february 4th. coincidence? no way. the stocks shot up when jeremy lin moved off the bench scoring 25 points in one game against new jersey nets. so with lin the nicks now have won five games in a row and ratings on the msg network, they have been soaring. everybody wants to watch this guy play. he is amazing. if this streak continues it could help msg gain mo