how did allison do it? allison happens to be a ayn rand fanatic. in 18 to five when he became ceo, yes to shoot a policy of having the sole executive group read atlas shrugged. he treated a statement of mission, purpose and values. i have a copy of it here. this is a remarkable book that i'm proud to say this is described to me by john. speaking of inscribed by john, after i'm done there is going to be a book signing of my book at the laissez-faire booze and john allison who is he will be speaking at 10:30 on the financial crisis. if you would like to have not only the author of the book at the main subject of the book sign the book, we'd be happy to do it for you and john is a wonderful turning man. i bechard has been a best-selling book, but there's 30,000 employees right now in over 25 years, who knows how many hundreds of thousands of copies have been produced. this book embodies the famous speech at the end of atlas europe. this is basically a summary of object it is on on how to apply a business. all 30,000 bbnt employees are based on how the

allison, her husband, and their three children had to evacuate. five out of the six english teachers quit their jobs. >> translator: i felt it would be difficult to continue my work in the neighborhood. >> reporter: since the disaster, 12 schools have had to relocate into space borrowed from other schools. this building currently houses classes for children from four different schools. allison and her family have moved several times between evacuation centers and the homes of relatives. but she decided to continue teaching because she wanted to help children through the crisis. >> translator: i thought my classes could help them forget their everyday difficulties as wells what has happened since the march 11th disaster. i do my best to bring smiles to their faces. >> reporter: and so allison teaches at all the schools. she has over 530 students. she has a hectic schedule for monday through friday. sometimes moving to another school between classes. >> translator: i feel bad that i still can't remember all their names. my biggest challenge right no

my name is allison seymour. >> and i'm sarah simmons. but first big news this morning. >> we told you about it out there, the commuters, traffic alert. major tie-ups on the bw parkway are now clear. a carjacking investigation at kenilworth avenue had a southbound section closed the morning. it reopened an hour ago. u.s. park arrested one suspect who bailed out of the stolen car around 2:30 this morning and they're looking for at least one more. the carjacking started at anne arun dell county. >>> a serious accident shut it down at 197. a car carrying four people somehow crashed and ended up in the woods. at last word all four were in critical condition at a local hospital. no word yet on what exactly caused that accident. >>> boy, 79 degrees to start off this early hour and i can only imagine what that is going to mean later tucker. good morning. >> we certainly are, you got it. actually it won't be as hotted the as it was yet. but the trade-off, allison is we're going to have a lot of rain around here, at least the potential for a lot o

allison, you will appreciate this as well. i got a hit off of twitter. one of the ladies said, nothing like i candy on fox 5 morning news with wisdom, tucker and tony on the desk. >> so she is mad i'm busting up the man show. >> allison has her special group of friends. >> somebody else hit me up and said allison is the only reason i watch the show. >> i feel better now. >> i went from intern to getting tony coffee and doughnuts to the messenger. >> what is going on out there. >> on the roads, northbound i 35 not bad leaving the prince william parkway, lanes are open. it's eastbound 66, not here in may nan says but in marshal. a crash has traffic squeezing to the right. once you get past the scene the pace improves. we have another accident that is under investigation. this is in prince george county, 202 at firehouse road. westbound lane is shut down west of 704. eastbound to the capital beltway, your lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> big story we are following this morning, talks at the white house on raising the debt c

i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm allison seymour.ere is a look at some the stories we are following for the 9:00 hour. all eyes are on florida as we are waiting to see if the shuttle will take off. the crew is getting ready to go even though mother nature is threatening with rain. >> it's that time of the year. family hit the road for vacations, making theme parks the destination. but you know those are pricey. >>> and the history nerd is back. do you recognize this building? a viewer wants to know what happened to this historic t c hotel. that does not even look like it's anywhere around here. that looks like williamsburg. i have done some digging. i have the answer for this mom and her boy. >> interesting. i don't recognize the building. >> you should no. you are far too young, sir. >> why, thank you, allison. >> another youngster working with us this morning is tucker barnes down in the weather center. he is a scrappy young fellow. >> i love that question, allison. i can't wait find out the answer. i will answer the question weath

allison cox, a marine biologist. they call themselves the shark angels.oday, a research trip off the coast of cape town. out on the water, we saw a pod of playable dolphins and an adorable 2-yeararld whale. great whites are a much tougher sell. >> it's not like whales or dolphins where people want to care about them. 100 million sharks are killed a year. a lot of people don't know that. when they do know that, they say, so what? why should i care? >> reporter: why should we care, particularly about the man-eating great white? >> white sharks are apex predators. and predators are essential to the health of an ecosystem. >> reporter: cage diving does have its critics who believe feeding wild animals upsets nature. a price worth paying if it teaches us to care? the great white population has dropped 70% in 50 years. they are huntete for their jaws teeth and fins. and many drown in nets designed to keep swimmers and surfers safe. in wintertime, great whites george themselves here at sale island, but where do they go in summer? now we know. they go to the beac

so, allison, please begin the conversation. >> thank you very much, gary. and thank you also for the chicago litfest. i'm really happy to be here. i think that i wrote this book initially because i was so appalled by the ignorance of nonnative people about native people including myself. and i, therefore, set out what i could to destereotype what i find is really a bad bob. it's been a bad problem for centuries and it continues today. and initially my idea was, well, i will just talk to a few native people and find out what they had about their own lives and the book became stronger, stronger, far-reaching and i ended up interviewing the indians of maybe mccain to the last chapters of a hawaiian chanter. and my object at the time was to destereotype thinking it would be helpful because native americans, in my opinion, are still harmed by the stereotypes about them. and -- but on the other hand, the book also became a sort of -- an extended family reunion for native people who sometimes might live in one part of the country, like here in chicago and maybe no

ktvu's allison burns is following the negotiations from our washington, d.c. newsroom and this is a critical week, allison. >> reporter: pam that's right, eight days until the debt limit deadline and instead of moving closer together, democrats and republicans here on capitol hill seem to be moving in their own directions. after a weekend of roller coaster talks continued, at one point house speaker boehner said he wanted a deal before asian markets opened today but that did not happen. now worries of defaults, hillary clinton spoke today. >> i'm confident that congress will do the right thing and secure a deal on the debt ceiling. >> reporter: the u.s. stock market of course opens in a little more than an hour, and pressure is certainly building on democrats and republicans here on capitol hill to raise the u.s. borrowing limit. more on the potential path to compromise in my next update in about an hour. for now we're live, allison burns. >>> a court hearing started in norway just a couple of minutes ago for a man who confessed to those attacks that killed 93

hello, senator. >> hi, allison. thanks for having me. alisyn: pleasure.eting between the president and these top congressional leaders got underway about an hour ago. is it your sense that they may strike a deal today? >> well, they'll start talking about those sorts of things. i'm still looking to hear the details. in the next hour, i'm going to be sitting down with mitch mcconnell as well as speaker boehner to see what the president is offering and what the mix is going to be. fundamentally, the people of this country are worried about jobs and getting back to work, and we need to make sure that we are not spending too much. to me, that's the problem. it's not that we're taxed too late in this country, it's that washington spends too much. alisyn: yeah. it seems as though both sides were getting closer to each other. it was reported this week that president obama is open to making some sort of changes or cuts to entitlements, namely social security. are you encouraged? >> well, i am encouraged because we know the entitlements of social security as well

i wish we had a switch that you will find also brazil's allison i'm going man you well taken patrick push and jeffersonville a guard of switzerland however as soon as the teams are taken to be called the heavens opened just as begun for inning to do for the last hour a south american jew who learned in playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but the rain became stronger of the swiss as they level up a match and send the gold medal game into a decider. the brazilian jewel looked down and now it is better opponents opens up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal big sharee who is a man you world would go on to say but weather conditions certainly didn't help i think they were a mix you through cold. and i can listen concentration in many points another thing the ball slips slips more than regular it's hard to control to know it's difficult for both teams but the morning evolved the frame the dreadful weather didn't manage to spoil what turned out to be unfurling day of beach volleyball for the spectators who are thoroughly entertained. sh

and finally brazil's allison and the el have won the moscow lag of the beach volleyball world tour with a fourth of and coming to an end in the russian capital on sunday reports. once again there was the russian team insights to the men's competition reached the middle rounds heavy rain falling in moscow since the early morning but thankfully have cleared by early afternoon restaurant of the event prayed over constantine is what will they hope will be simply called speech volley ball action. first open course was the american jeweler told rogers until don't hold sir we took on paying and who really knew. and warts was a rematch of last year's final. the pool was still damp up from a heavy rain this type of its pros and cons makes it harder on your back your knees but you're able to jump there just kind of nice but not yet so thrilled to be a crack out of the men's and swing back and forth between the pairs however it was raining a limply champions who held the nerve to take it in for doing further to tie a break in some revenge with the feet in moscow today chinese opponents last year i

i wish we could just switch it because last year was all about that the final so brazil's allison i'm a man you well taken patrick push and jeffersonville i got a bit of switzerland. with earth soon as the teams are taking to the pool to the heavens open just as they've been frightening to do for the last hour the south american jew would only been playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but the rain became stronger suit of the swiss by level of the match and sent the gold medal game into the side of. the brazilian june down a mountain where opponents opened up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal victory it was a no new world gone the same weather conditions certainly didn't help i think they were a makes you look old and my. i lose some concentration in many points another think the ball slips looks more than regular it's hard to control but you know it's just both of both teams but they are mourning evolved through rain the dreadful weather did manage to spoil what turned out to be an improving day of beach volleyball for spectators

and finally brazil's allison on the money well i've won the moscow leg of the beach volleyball world tour with the fourth edition of the tournament coming to an end in the russian capital on sunday evening they had to contend with a poor but held their nerve to seal victory and then for all in final i can't switch. once again there was the russian team insights as the men's competition reached the medal rounds heavy rain had been falling in moscow since the early morning but thing fleet of cleared by early afternoon is best crowd of the event great overcast skies to watch what they hoped would be some high class beach volleyball action. first open calls was be american jew of todd rogers and phil dollhouse who took on paying and who really needs and wants was a rematch of last year's final. the call was still damn popova heavy rain but this had both his pros and cons makes it hard right back here you said but you're able to jump a little higher just kind of nice image itself proved to be a cracker of momentum swing back and forth between the pairs however it was a reigning olympic ch

and finally brazil's allison and the al have won the moscow leg of the beige volleyball world so all which to place over the weekend which is bump off at airports. once again that was the russian team insights the men's competition reached the middle rounds heavy rain had been falling in moscow since the early morning the thing fleet of cleared by early afternoon best cry and of the event great overcast skies to watch what they hoped would be simply close beach volleyball action. first up on course was the american jew road toward rogers and filled our house we took on board paying and who really knew me and warts was a rematch of last year's final. the pool was still damp up with a heavy rain that this had both his pros and cons that makes it hard to write bad he said but if you're able to juggle they're just kind of nice but not itself proved to be a cracker of momentum swing back and forth between the pair is whether it was a reigning olympic champions who held the nerve to take an improving third set time break in some revenge with the feet in moscow to the chinese opponents last

finally brazil's allison on a monday well as well in the moscow leg of the beach volleyball world tour with the fourth edition of the tournament coming to an end in the russian capital on some of the thing they had to contend with its original join poor but held their nerve to seal victory and then for all in final i can't switch. once again that was the russian team insights as the men's competition reached for medal rounds heavy rain has been falling in moscow since the early morning but thing fleet of cleared by early afternoon the best ride of the event great overcast skies to watch will be hodes will be some might call speech volleyball action. first open calls was be american jew told rogers and filled our house we took on paying and who. in walks was a rematch of last year's final. the still damp off of a heavy rain this is pros and cons and makes it hard right back here right here you just where she said kind of nice but much itself proved to be a cracker with mentum swing back and forth between the pair is however it was the reigning olympic champions who held the nerve to tak

and finally brazil's allison and the al have won the moscow leg of the beach volleyball well to all which took place over the weekend was that. once again there was the russian team insights to the men's competition reached the middle rounds heavy rain had been feeling in moscow since the early morning the thing cleared of cleared by early afternoon restaurant of the event great overcast skies to watch what they hoped would be simply close beach volleyball action. first open course was be american jew rove told rogers and phil don't holler sir we took on paying and who really knew me warts was a rematch of last year's final. the cool was still damp up for the heavy rain but this is proving forms makes it harder and back here your knees but you're able to jump a little higher which is kind of nice the match itself proved to be a crackdown with mentor and swing back and forth between the pairs however it was raining a limp the champions who held the nerve to take an improving third set time break in summer avenge their defeat in moscow to their chinese opponents last year it's in the middle

as ktvu's allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, republicans want to repeal a law passed a couple years ago that requires more energy efficient bulbs. allison. >> reporter: dave, republicans say it is about personal choice. they say the federal requirement that traditional incandescent bulbs be much more energy efficient costs too much and is an example of the government going too far. but democrats are pushing back. they say the new more energy efficient bulbs look just like the old bulbs, will lower your electric bills and protect the country from pollution. >> it saves the need to construct 30 coal fired plants over the next 20 years in the united states. >> reporter: now the repeal measure requires a two-thirds vote in the house. and even if it passes the house today, its prospects in the senate are dim. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burps, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:16. the obama administration now has ten days to say if it will appeal a court ruling prohibiting enforcement of the don't ask don

allison, on wall street what is the sense? some liberal economists will say you heard from a think tank at the top of the show. don't do deficit reduction, don't cut spending, the worst thing doug in the economy, the president himself said he thinks one of the hesitations businesses have to hiring is they want to see if washington can get serioussome that the sense on wall street, if they can negotiate a real deficit reduction deal, even if it cults spending, maybe take some federal money out of the economy it is actually good for job creation? >> yes, they do think that just so you know, people i talk to on wall street they really think that a deal will happen in the 11th hour, but the the reality is the uncertainty is still there. it is the lack of confidence and lack own certainty keeping these companies from hiring, so if congress can reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, companies are going to feel a lot better about maybe expanding their businesses, maybe about hiring, but right now, they are thinking, you know what i'

ktvu's allison burns is live in our washington d.c. newsroom with the surprising shift in the white house. allison. >> reporter: claudine, president obama has said repeatedly there would be no short-term deal, but now his spokesman says the president might consider an extension of just a few days if it would buy time to do something bigger. president obama met separately with democratic and republican leaders at the white house yesterday while the bipartisan gang of six met behind closed doors about their ambitious plan to reduce the federal deficit. enthusiasm is waning for their approach just a day after it was revealed as conservatives and liberals picked it apart and found things they did not like. but negotiators are more optimistic. >> reports of our demise were greatly exaggerated. kind of been like a zombie movie. been dead many times over the last few months. >> reporter: now here at the capitol senate leaders are also pushing ahead with their so- called fall back plan that would give president obama authority to raise the nat

allison. >> reporter: that's right, dave. the most startling thing we're learning this morning is that there are about seven security breaches a day at the nation's airports and those are just the ones we know about. there have been a total of 25,000 security breaches since after the 9/11 attacks. 14,000 of them involve passengers entering so-called limited access areas without permission. 6,000 involve passengers and their carry on luggage making it through security checks without proper scrutiny. now one of the most recent high profile security breaches involved jet blue airlines. cleaning crews found a stun gun that had been smuggled onto a flight from boston to newark. another investigation that will be a focus of this morning's hearing reveals that a lot of tsa bomb screening equipment is not meeting the latest standards. some of it is considered obsolete. live coverage from the hearing room during my next update in about an hour. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a task force of nu

i wish we could just switch it because last year called them back but fine also brazil's allison i'm going run you well taken patrick push and jeffersonville a guard of switzerland. however as soon as the team's takings were called the heavens opened just as they've been frightening to do for the last hour the south american jew we'd only been playing together for a couple of years to the first set comfortably but spring became stronger suit of the swiss is very level of a match and sent a gold medal game into a decider. the brazilian jewel looked down and now it is where opponents opened up a six point lead however they hit back brilliantly to seal big jury who is the man you were going to say but weather conditions certainly didn't help i think they were a knicks you cold and myself and i can do some concentration in many points another think the ball slips slips more than regular it's hard to control but you know it's difficult for both teams but they are more evolved from rain three hundred four where they didn't manage to spoil what turned out to be an improving day of beach vol

allison. >> reporter: that's right, pam. two key events we are watching today. first president obama will be laying out the battle lines in his morning news conference. then negotiations resume this afternoon at the white house. during sunday's 75 minute session president obama again pressed for what's being called the grand plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion including $1 trillion in tax increases. republican leaders say a smaller package with no tax increases stands the only chance in the house. treasury secretary is continuing to emphasize the stakes involved. >> it's politically very hard, but this is a grave moment for the country. we need to do something very big, very substantial to bring our long-term deficit down overtime. >> reporter: one potential pack to compromise seems to be running into a roadblockful democrats say that republicans are now saying they will not consider major defense cuts. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:17. well, google is teaming up with berlin's oldest university to l

allison burns is monitoring that situation for us from washington.morning, allison. >> reporter: we're usually watching congressional hearings from capitol hill but this morning we're covering the phone hacking scandal that's making headlines around the world. this is a live look inside the hearing room. right now former london police chief paul stevenson is facing questions mostly about why he resigned over the weekend. there are also questions about whether police officers took bribes to help murdock's paper news of the world get scoops. stephenson is insisting he knew nothing about it. murdock, his son and former news international chief executive brooks will be testifying later facing questions about allegations that journalists working for them illegally eavesdropped on thousands of people. ten people have been arrested in the scandal including brooks and the communications chief for prime minister david cameron former news of the world editor. i will stay on top of it and have more live coverage for you this morning here on ktvu channel 2 news.

ktvu's allison burns is live this morning in washington d.c. with the new concessions president obama seems to be offering to try to reach a deal. allison. >> reporter: president oment baa ma has vowed repeatly not to even consider a short-term deal to raise the nation's debt limit. but now the word from the white house is he might accept an extension of just a few days if it buys time to do something bigger. but enthusiasm on capitol hill seems to be waning for one of the most ambitious plans from the senate's so-called gang of six. liberals don't like the cuts to retirement programs and conservatives are rejecting any plan that includes tax increases. >> we know it's going to hurt the economy. we know it's going to hurt job creation. we know it's bad for small business. we're against tax increases. >> reporter: senate leaders are pressing ahead with their fall back plan that gives president obama authority to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for some big spending cuts. but right now with so many divisions here on capitol hill how this is al

allison. >> reporter: that's right. we've been monitoring the hearing for more than two hours online now. let's get to a live look inside parliament's culture, media and sports select committee. this is the former london assistant police chief johnuates who resigned just yet. scotland yard under intense scrutiny from allegedly taking bribes from news of the world journalists anduates is facing questions about why he failed to pursue investigations into phone hacking. he has just said he's done nothing wrong. but the highly anticipated witness today are media mogul murdock, his son james and former news international chief executive brooks. they're facing questions about allegations that news of the world journalists working for them illegally eavesdropped on thousands of people and bribed police for confidential usual information. ten people have been arrested in the scandal including brooks and the communications chief for prime minister david cameron. a former news of the world editor. now we could see hearings like t

allison. >> reporter: dave, that's right. and president obama is vowing to bring all the key players together every day until a deal is reached to reduce the deficit and raise the nation's debt ceiling. it was all smiles around the negotiating table yesterday as talks got underway between president obama and congressional leaders. but reports indicate the 75 minute session was testy to say the least. both sides appear to be digging in their heels about how to reduce the deficit. treasury secretary tim gait they are says a deal needs reached by the end of the week. >> as we go into july, further into july, the world is going to be progressively more concerned about whether this town, this city, washington d.c., can figure a way to solve this problem. >> reporter: a closer look at the sticking points and whether defense cuts are still on the table during my next update in about an hour. for now live in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well, a lot of people want to know how a stun gun ended up on a jet bl

allison. >> reporter: that's right, pam. i've been reading through this congressional investigation that will be revealed at a house hearing this morning. remember the underwear bomber? standards for bomb detection at airports were improved after the screening equipment failed to detect these explosives, but the report out this morning says screening systems still need significant upgrades. in fact many of the bomb detection systems at the nation's airports are considered obsolete. another report out this morning says there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at the nation's airports since 9/11. most of them involve passengers entering limited access areas without permission. a closer look at those security breaches during my next update in about an hour. for now we're lye in washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a memorial service will be held in san francisco today for the only man confirmed dead after that tragic fishing trip in mexico. leslie yee's body washed ashore after the fishing boat cap

allison has a wrap of the action on wall street. >> reporter: stocks on wall street managed to enter the upside on wednesday. investors were on-edge. worries are that pulling it down too much could have a crash-landing and have a ripple effect for the recovery. that didn't keep wall street from getting in a buying mood by the end of the day. the dow ended at 12,626. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 gained ground. financial shares bucked the trend and ended lower across the board, after moody's expressed concern about european banks. a rating on the service sector showed a slowdown of expansion in june. wall street watches the report more closely than it once did, since the service sector accounts for 80% of all jobs in the u.s. >>> more data due out thursday. investors will get the latest read on weekly jobless claims. economists expect the sector to have added 60,000 positions in june. that's a wrap of the day on wall street. i'm allison kosik in new york. >>> still ahead, bogus bank notes in hong kong. >>> and the harry potter series may be drawing to a close. but the spell is far from b

tony and allison, back to you guys. >>> thanks. holly is getting a preview of the smithsonian folklife festival on the mall. >> stay with us. she's up next with details. we'll be right back.    >>> celebration for the dalai lama continues today. joining us with more insight, a tibeten scholar and author. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> and mary beth is here also, good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. happy to be talking this. let's talk about the significance of this visit to the nation's capital. >> the dalai lama will be here a couple of weeks. he'll be at the verizon center, bestowing teachings, and he'll be speaking on the national mall this saturday, a public event, on the west lawn of the national mall. >> this is so very well attended. people from all over the world here to see his holiness. tell us the central message as far as those followers who have come to the capital? >> it's a rare initiation and it's highly valued. the people coming include regular practitioners. but who

allison joins us from the new york stocks exchange.lain how this agency will do what other agencies haven't been doing. >> reporter: sure. drew, let's call it the cfpb. it opens its doors on thursday, and what it's supposed to do is protect you, the consumer. a big part of its job is going to be inspecting the books of financial firms to avoid a repeat of what we saw that led to the financial meltdown. now, for one, they want to make sure that home mortgages are in check. they're going to look to end what many call these liar loans by crafting rules that ban lenders from giving mortgages without verifying incomes. this bureau makes shoe banks follow new credit card laws. the bureau can respond to consumer complaints on things like credit card abuse. giving consumers a stronger voice. it bridges the gap between us the people and them the banks. drew. >> how will they do that? this is about transparency. i want to see what they're finding, right? >> reporter: sure. one of the root problems of the recession was people signed up for credit

allison, wisdom. feel free to comment. it is time for ask weather guys. that is the fun segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from michele burgess. she writes: my son always sneezes in bright sunlight. why does the sun trigger sneezing? >> i did not know that. >> let me kick off by -- we have a crack group of researchers here that do this for us. you know, we've got various unterns. let me thank jolene anderson for answering this one. here is what happens. when you step out into sunlight, your eyes -- there is a pathway that your eyes send it your brain that you need to restrict your pupils. because you need to take in less light. are you with me? >> yes. >> you also have your nose, triggers pathways that will let you know if your nose is being irritated. that sends a signal to your brain to let you know you need to sneeze. okay. so what happens in certain groups of people, the signals get crossed. so when the eyes constrict rapidl

allison burns in our washington, d.c.om, on the worldwide crisis. >> reporter: unless congress acts this week to raise the debt limit the u.s. could default for the first time in history. now talks at the white house broke down in spectacular fashion with house speaker john boehner stopping negotiations with president obama. now the republicans and democrats are trying to come up with plans of their own to deal with the issue. secretary hillary clinton spoke about it just moments ago. >> let me asheer you we understand the stakes. we know how important this is for us and how important it is for you. >> reporter: the plan gaining the most momentum is from senate democratic leader harry reid. it would raise the debt ceiling, cut federal spending and it means the gop demands of no new taxes. a lot of republicans are pushing for a shorter term deal. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu news. >>> the man who confessed to the attacks that killed 96 people in norway appeared in court this morning. anders bre

one evening the regulator of bb&t met with john allison and said you really need to sign this contractn't need to. my bank is absolutely bulletproof. you just on the us. and the regulator said tomorrow, that was last week. retains the capitol requirements. up they, what did the 10-cent to? well, we don't know. we just budgeted pass. please sign this. what is the to do? a terrible position to bien. absolutely morally opposed. if he does not the government destroys the bank. he is now the former chairman and ceo. he walked away. he retired. when john glat left the economic world he became an agent for the morality of capitalism, and that is what john allison is now doing. he is in dowling programs at dozens of universities the route the south to teach the morality of capitalism where a sign reading is atlas shrugged. he is doing the work. [applause] last character of the analogy in the real world of want to talk about, and on and-no, back to the fountainhead, everybody remembers the main villain. he was a socialist, scheming to wharf. a newspaper columnist who used his column to tell lie

allison burn it's in our washington d.c. newsroom with why they're delaying the vote today. >> reporter: it's a setback with just six days to go before the united states reaches the debt limit and risks default for the first time in history. house speaker boehner is being forced to rewrite his plan after the congressional office found it does not produce the deficit savings that the speaker promised. but president obama is already threatening a very toe -- veto. and mcconnell said that both sides need to get serious about striking a deal. >> i'm ready to accept something that is less than perfect because perfect is not achievable. >> reporter: phone and e-mail systems were overloaded with people weighing in on the debt ceiling debate. at within point, the capitol was receiving 40,000 calls an hour, twice as many as normal. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, channel 2 news. >>> in afghanistan, the mayor was killed by a suicide bomb. the bomber reportedly put the bomb in his turbine and then set it off inside

but as ktvu's allison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom.there are plenty of people who say no way will they vote for it. >> reporter: that's right pam, even with his tough warning to follow republicans to get in line, house speaker john boehner doesn't necessarily have the votes today to pass his plan to raise the country's debt ceiling. now boehner is insisting momentum is on his side and this is the only alternative for republicans with just five days to go before the u.s. reaches its debt limit. but there is a revolt in his caucus with conservatives holding out for more budget cuts. >> we have to make sure we get the best deal possible. >> reporter: bay area democrats don't like the plan either. they say republicans are holding the country hostage. >> i think it's a very sad time for people in the country. and i feel that this great country is being brought down. brought down by a very cheap debate that should not have been launched in the first place. >> reporter: it's unclear what time we're going to see a vote today in the house. spea

allison burns is live in the thus room. >> reporter: that's right.aker boehner is being forced to rewrite his plan after nonpartisan congressional number crunches found it does not produce the deficit savings that speaker boehner had promised. president obama is threatening to veto it anyway. but this is another delay with time reasoning out. we were in several -- running out. we were in several bay area congressional offices yesterday where they were overloaded with callers weighing in on the national debt. >> they don't just want to make cuts, they want to destroy. they want to destroy food safety and clean air and clean water and the department of education. >> reporter: and they say that the cuts don't go far enough, senate republican leader mcconnell emphasizes the need to strike a deal. >> we cannot get a perfect solution from my point of view controlling only the house of representatives. >> reporter: reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns. >>> a new medical report fueling the latest controversy involving the september 11th attacks

allison burns live in the washington, d.c. newsroom. and she has new information on when that vote will happen. >> reporter: john boehner will have a news conference then we expect to have a vote. a lot of law makers still don't like boehner's plan. time is running out with five days left before the u.s. hits its debt limit. bay area democrats are also against the boehner plan, they want a longer term increase in the debt limit and they are expressing their frustration to us about the whole process. >> the american people rightfully are sick and tires of the sand box activity going on here. it's a sham bill. and i think the american people deserve so much more, so much better. >> reporter: now even if speaker boehner his plan passes the house, senate democrats are saying it is dead on arrival. so while all of this is going on, the white house is preparing for the potential of a u.s. defaulting for the -- the possibility of the u.s. defaulting for the first time in history and trying to decide who would get paid and who wouldn't. allison

allison joins us to talk about all this.llison, all these words, she-covery, mancession. >> men are from mars, women are from venus. there's a huge disparate. look at the two years since we've been out of the recession. men have gained 768,000 jobs. guess what? women lost $2218,000 jobs. health care is traditionally places where women work and men are gaining jobs at a faster pace than us as well. the only area where women are doing better than men are in government jobs. we've added jobs there where men have lost, but you have to remember we have a lot of government jobs being cut as well. suzanne? >> so men still don't have a higher unemployment rate. explain the disconnect here. >> actually, men do have the higher unemployment rate, they do. unemployment rate for adult men is 9.1%. the rate for adult women is at 8%, and here's why. during the recession men were hit much harder. we saw the construction manufacturing areas, those jobs were just obliterated during the recession and those are traditionally men-oriented struct

and as ktvu's allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom they're battling over lightbulbs. atson. >> reporter: that's right, pam. in the middle of this huge budget battle that has essentially brought washington to a standstill, the house is voting today on what kind of lightbulb you can use. the u.s. house republicans are trying to repeal a law that was passed a few years ago that requires more energy efficient bulbs. we covered the debate on the house floor last night as republicans tried to make the case that it is simply too expensive for americans to buy new compact fluorescent, l.e.d. or more efficient incandescent bulbs. >> go out and replace 40 lightbulbs at $6 a pop you're spending money constituency to our voters mr. speaker that's real money. >> reporter: the democrats and environmental groups say consumers save money in the long run. we also found a new study that shows the lightbulbs actually -- the new lightbulbs actually protect the nation from pollution. i'll have more on that during my next update in about an hour.

thank you, allison. we asked people here in the bay area what they think about the increasingly hot debate over the debt ceiling. we got some strong reaction. >> you would hope people you elect to office who get paid such significant amount of money would be able to come to a consensus. it is embarrassing that these people are representatives. >> i think we should get rid of all the politicians and put real people in congress. >> again, president obama is scheduled to give an update at 8:00 this morning. we will have live coverage of the president's remarks when he starts speaking. >>> the state government shut down in minnesota is now entering the third week, but it does appear to be ending. the governor, a democrat says he and republican law makers have a frame work for an agreement. as part of the shut down, more than 22,000 state workers were laid off and state parks were closed. >> time is now 7:20. california's presidential primary may be moved back to june to try to save the state some money. stat

and allison joins us to explain.now i have officially updated my iphone so that i can watch cnn, this is just really cool. >> you get to get your news when you want it, where you want it, on your tlap top while you're lying bed, on the bus, on your bicycle. the cnnapp for the ipad and the cn nrks nrknn app for the i kno iphone touch. if you subscribe to dish network or sudden link, you can watch "american morning," pierce morgan, and allison kosik. >> i know there's a little bit of a delay, let me be totally transparent, i'm on the 3-g right now. but if you're on wireless, there's barely any delay. >> yes. >> so people can actually get in front of their tvs, you can actually watch cnn, no excuses. >> yes, everything that you see on tv you're going to see on that mobile device or online. so, yeah, i mean, what you do is you go to cnn.com/video, you click on the live tab, you login through your cable or satellite telco provider with your user name and password and you get to have cnn 24/7 anywhere you go. >> i'm loving

>> allison, thanks. minutes way from president obama's news conference.is scheduled for 11:00 eastern. you can see it live right here on cnn. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting expensive. man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> stories making news later today. president obama holds a news conference at the white house on the debt reduction talks at 11:00 eastern. at 1:00 eastern, the jobs for america's summit being held at the u.s. chamber of conference in washington and katherine gray appears for a bail hearing in boston at 2:30 eastern. >>> two republican lawmakers will be grilling their party's presidential candidates in an upcoming forum. mark preston is here to tell us the story. hey, mark. >> good morning, kyra. steve king, the iowa congressman and senator jim demint, from south carolina, will be grilling the t

obvious injustice i couldn't live with myself and challenge them to find some place i'm going to try allison in jail and on my deathbed and say at least i tried to make them. when i thought we were getting deployed we were living in ohio so we just threw everything in a band of the tractor so now everything's kind of settled and i'm getting out of the army. and i have to go through all this crap and figure out what's the stuff i keep lots of stuff to trim back to the unit. so i can get out without paying too much money. i'm going to do. we are back from iraq on july twenty fourth that's the day you thought celebrates its statehood and so you know there's a tons of fireworks parades and things like that it was a bad day to come who was a soldier as well it sounds really it's really jittery and a little a little a little that i look people still interact. he called me one night and he said when i come home i have to do something about this war spending a year in iraq as a military journalist i saw so much waste going on with the u.s. contractors i saw so many soldiers not having a clear missio

one point but still came in fourth in the end not the true battle and folded for the podium places allison kept losing and regain control of the race easy runs and whether to the line vettel retains the overall lead in the standings east seventy seven points clear of whether the top. post strays feels nice is remaining. and finally that natalia bird because of belarus has taken the overall title at the world water skiing championships just outside moscow and reaching from port feet is there to see him do it. again. a small town one hundred twenty kilometers north of moscow were disposed yet to make it in to be lympics revenge as big as it can survive competitors will look to take home the biggest prize in waterskiing first awkward women's tricks events where the competitors try to put in as many moves as quickly as possible trying to get top marks from the judges a lot of the ways that we practice we use trampolines a canny you know bounce and we write our skis a logics the feel has edges and turns and it just takes a lot of falls in order to start learning a trick to certainly look specta

allison says at least life in prison. beckman says the jury will mess it up that's what juries do and come up with some impossible and illogical decision and kelly says guilty. lies, lies, lies, guilty. we want to know what you have to say. so feel free to sound off on thefacebook fan page. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> the search continues for a missing boater in pasadena. the department of natural resources and police are calling this a deadly accident. 25-year-old james kane has been ided as the missing person. rescue boats were searching for him. investigators say a woman on the boat with him was rescued from the water by a passing boater. however, his body reportedly never resurfaced. >> units arrived on scene on the water and found a run away boat that was circling out there in the water he with no one aboard -- water with no one aboard. >> the search continues from the land until dark monday night. no word on what caused the man and woman to go overboard. >>> mexican authorities say rescue teams hav