i will have more in about an hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> time now 515, right they are are considering budget cuts and they will present ideas as it own hit the pentagon. instead republicans want to target food stamps, federal employee pensions and subsidies under president barack obama's health care law. he will meat with up employed at a community college. it was promoted by the obama administration to get a job in high growth industries. >>> air canada says they are taking steps to prevent another mid-air mishap after a sleeping pilot took it for a miss air. an officer initiated a dive and that officer had just woken up from a 75 minute knap and mistook the bright light of planet venus for a u.s. military aircraft. passengers are talking about what happened. >> i was literally dry eventually -- violently thrown out of my seat and into the ceiling and i hit the top of the ceiling and fell back to the ground. >> now this all happened on a flight from toronto. they confirm it was pilot error not turbulence as they first claimed. the knap would have lasted 35 mi

allison burns has the details, good morning allison. >> reporter: dave, a government subcontractor tells members in seattle that members of the military and secret service were partying and drinking ahead of a presidential trip. here is a picture of the first family arriving on that trip. several agents paid strippers and some of them brought them back to their rooms. the owner of the homeland security was questioned about the incident as many as 20 women were there ahead of president barack obama's trip was an isolated case and insists they have very high standards of conduct. >> is this the first time this has happened or have you had similar incidents in the past. >> mr. chairman, i asked the same question and over the past two and a half years, the secret service has not received any such complaint. >> secretary of homeland security janet napolitano went on to say she has provided protection to the president and other officials on more than 900 foreign trips and 13,000 domestic trips but of course everything is under new scrutiny now. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> t

allison burns is covering that from our washington d.c. au, good morning allison. >> reporter: good morning. this is the second day of hearings for that conference thrown by the gsa. members of congress are seizing on the opportunity to rail against the misuse of taxpayer dollars. witnesses are getting an earful including a gsa executive who threw a $2,000 party in his room. he just said he didn't know it cost that much and we are hearing from one of the executives who blew the whistle on the extravagance gig. they have released some video along with a tuxedo and mind reader. they are highlighting the fact that they are having problems and republicans are saying that the white house sat on that information. the "q" and "a" is getting underway and for now we are live in washington d.c., allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> san francisco leaders are now due for a pay raise thanks to a ballot measure city leaders approved years ago. san francisco mayor ed lee could see his pay go up. and public defender jeff could get an increase of

allison burns is in our washington d.c. newsroom with how the agency is responding, allison? >> reporter: pam, 11 agents are on administrative leave and secret service is promising a full investigation, president barack obama said he will be and i any and wants investigations into claims that they brought prostitutes to their hotel room before the president's arrival there. the concern is that president barack obama's security could have been compromised and he is considering hearings about it. >> it will be how did this happen and how often has it happened before? things like this don't happen once if they didn't happen before. >> daryl is also concerned. >> reporter: there are so called wheels up wedding rings off for presidential trips but he went on cnn this morning. >> you are talking ten or 11 people out of an agency of thousands. i believe it would have been an isolated norm. >> allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> london's gatwick airport closed after a flight from britain to florida had to turn back to make an emergency landing. the emergency was due to som

. >>> allison burns is in our washington d.c.sroom with the latest fall out on the prostitution scandal that is rocking the agency. >> reporter: we are hearing from members of congress who are furious about what happened and there are reports that president barack obama's schedule was in the agents' hotel room and now there are questions about the security of their weapons and whether drugs were involved. members of congress say the agents put the nation's security on the line. >> the oldest trick in the world is to recruit women to entice known get information from them. >> reporter: they are asking mark sullivan to step down but president barack obama has full confidence in him. a secret service running for congress knows those involved and describes how they are feeling now. >> devastation, humiliation, again this is a proud agency. >> more about what is happening to the agents on my neck update in -- next update in about an hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they are taking steps for another mishap as asleep

allison burns tells us if this idea has any chance of becoming law. >> reporter: not any time soon, daverepublicans are vowing to block it saying this is not the time to raise taxes on anyone but president barack obama says he has a case to make about fairness. the rule is made for warren buffet who often points out his tax rate is lower than his secretary's : >> we are dealing with a large deficit and we want to make sure millionaires are playing a large role in bringing down that deficit and what better way to do it. >> reporter: it is on the front page of his campaign website and with mitt romney admitting he only pays 15% in taxes, the obama administration will have more on that. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 5:16, investigations are on the way in san lorenzo in an early morning fire at a possible robbery attempt. the alameda fire department just gave us this photo of crews on the scene. the crews quickly had the fire under control and we are told nobody was hurt. they found bolt cutting tools inside that store and it appears somebody was trying to steal li

allison burns in our washington d.c.oom are telling us about the agents losing their jobs and what the prostitutes are now saying, allison? >> reporter: they spoke to one of the women who spent the night. she said she had no idea he was with the u.s. government let alone a secret service and now she is having nervous attacks. she said he offered her $30 and she said she was expecting $800. as many as 10 million tare personnel might have hired prostitutes ahead of president barack obama's trip last week. she said i am an escort, not a prostitute, we are somebody who a man can take out to dinner speak and act like a lady that is me. she is planning to leave the area and she does not intend to cooperate with investigators. they are now atherton the secret is your -- now out at the secret service and during my next update, for now allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> speaking of the secret service, they want to talk with ted about the comments he made with the secret service. ted who endorsed mitt romney to be the

. >>> five states go to the poll, as allison burns reports, one candidate is still looking for an upsetallison? >> reporter: now that rick santorum is out, mitt romney is acting like he is the only man in the race even though there is not supposed to be a big turnout for delaware new york pennsylvania and rhode island and mitt romney is expected to win them. he has been campaigning with senator marco rubio, fielding questions about his potential running mate. >>> newt gingrich and rand paul are still in the race and on his website, newt gingrich is the last conservative standing. he is looking for an upset today in delaware to boost his fundraising even though he is possibly behind in the delegate count but his campaign count says what happen if he doesn't win in the next hour. for now we are live, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well this morning the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on arizona's controversial immigration law. that law requires them to check the immigration status of anyone arrested stopped or detained who they suspect of being an illegal immigr

ktvu's allison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the agents who are losing their jobs and what one of prostitutes is now saying about the men involved. allison. >> reporter: tori, one secret service supervisor has been fired, another retired, and a third employee has been allowed to resign, now there are reports this morning that fired supervisor says he is going to sue the agency. eight other secret service agents are on administrative leave and under investigation for that night of partying at the hotel ahead of president obama's trip to columbia last week. one of the prostitutes who allegedly got into an argument with an agent there over the price of her services tells the new york times she's afraid and having nervous attacks. she said she did not know the men that invited her and other escorts to the hotel were secret service agents. she says -- they never told me they were with obama. they were very discreet. she says she got a police officer involved -- local police officer, after that dispute over how much the a

reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is 8:19. solyndra's headquarters in fremont is now for sale. it's on a real estate website but no price is listed. the property is also being marketed overseas, including china. in fact, there's an information packet available completely in mandarin. solyndra filed for bankruptcy in september. >>> the california lottery has pulled one of its newest ads over complaints it glamourizes violence against men. >> the ad is meant to represent lady luck, who slaps hey man, who scores a winning scratcher ticket. however, the women's caucus wrote a letter to the lottery commission satisfies the ad portrays women negatively. a new ad will show the woman blowing the man a kiss instead of slapping him. >>> several u.s. senators now increasing the pressure on african warlord joseph coney, asking americans to sign on for legislation condemning kony and the army. he is wand for crimes against the humanity. the movie invisible children documented that army's abduction of children who were then turned. >> soldi

allison burns tells us how congress is getting involved, allison in. >> reporter: dave, the head of a congressional investigative committee is making the rounds saying he is concerned about the allegations against the secret service represent a pattern of inappropriate behavior. now president barack obama arrived overnight from his trip to columbia and the story broke on the trip that secret service agents were accused of hiring prostitutes and partying. this allegedly happened at this hotel before the president's arrival. >> if it turns out some the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course i will be angry. >> even though prostitution is legal in columbia, even though they were not part of the president's detail, the point is the president's security could have been compromised. what we are hearing is so called wheels up. we will hear about that in my next update. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> now the congressional district now includes accusations of bribery. pete stark accuses fellow democrat eric war is well of taking hundreds of dollars in brib

allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> in just about 45 minutes, the census will be released.ecause of privacy laws, it has been kept confidential for the last 72 years. they have more than 1 million people who headed west in the 19 30s and they are hoping it will reveal details of the family history. >>> there are reports that silicone valley giant will layoff many people and the wall street journal reports yahoo is looking for ways to restructure and cut costs. thompson took over and came from pay pal. >>> muni is holding another public meeting about the upcoming budget. they are facing a 1 9. $6 million deficit for the next year which begins in july. it includes charging for parking meters on sundays, extended hours and higher fees. he can hear the eye he and talk about the situation. it is not going over well with come of the visitors there. then they take shuttings to the beach and take highway 28 which is the main road at the top of the lake. however they claim they don't want all of those cars going through the neighborhood just to get to the resort. they say they would

. >>> in the wake of the prostitution scans tell, -- scandal, allison burns has more on the agents who lost their jobs and what one is saying. >> reporter: one secret service supervisor has been fired, one allowed to resign and that leaves eight under investigation for the night of partying ahead of president barack obama's trip to columbia last week. one of the prostitutes who got into an argument there over the price of her services, tells the new york times she is now afraid and having nervous attacks and she did not know they were secret service agents. they never told me they were with obama, they were very discrete. will she now cooperate with u.s. investigators? i will have more on that during my next update in the next hour, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 515 a bart employee may loose his job because he gave to those and maybe forced to retire at a personnel hearing. he gave $300 worth of free tickets to the grandson of a long time friend but the teen could not afford daily round trip tickets to his school in san francisco. bart said, he simply broke the rules. >>> t

allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and he plans to worm there despite his wife and he stillontinues to run for state controller. his 40-year-old wife recently resigned from the board of supervisors after revelations of an extra marital affair and substance abuse. >>> and now we do not know when the ethics commission will keep sheriff ross mirkarimi's job. now sheriff ross mirkarimi was there and now the director of the ethic's commission tells the chronicle the whole process could take two or three months. the board of supervisors will take make the final decision on whether or not sheriff ross mirkarimi keeps his job. >>> well the search has been suspended after a deadly yacht crash over the weekend. this happens saturday during a yacht race between newport beach and 47 people are on that yacht. three people are confirmed dead and another one is missing and presumed dead. race organizers believe it may have collided -- collided with another ship possibly a freighter. another one crashed and killed five people, the san francisco giant will hold it. her dad is a former execut

. >>> they are looking into weather hiring prostitutes on a presidential trip last year but as allison burns reports the homeland security secretary does not seem to know anything about this. allison? >> reporter: let's talk about the new allegations. they are reporting they spoke to a government subcontractor who says he was with secret service agents in el salvador ahead of the first family's trip there last year. the agent paid strippers for extra services and they came straight back to their rooms. secretary of homeland security janet napolitano says she believes this was an isolated case and there has been no other reports of this happening and defended the agency. >> it really was an isolated case and a huge disappointment to the men and women of the secret service to begin with who uphold very high standards and who feel their own reputations are affected by the actions of a few. >> we will have more on how they are reacting about the secret service during my next update in about an hour. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> three u.s. marines are implicated in another scandal. they were

allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> today a group of activists are planning to represent the the coalition of students say they will first head to chevron ceo in lafayette. then on to the home of several others and they will contactment neighbors of the ceos asking them to sign a pledge to support the van anybodying middle-class. >>> change -- vanishing middle- class. >>> several public hearings will be held about ending the local area guarantee policy, which gives preference to local applicants. they are bracing for the possibility of more state budget cuts. they will announce the guideline's decision at 10:30 this morning. >>> they had lead a town hall meeting talking about last months' mass murder. the bodies of five people were found in a home near city college. they say it was one of the bloodiest, 35-year-old suspect ben tie look is still in custody. it will start at city college and police will address public concerns about the case and about neighborhood safety. >>> pg&e said power had been restored to all people affected by an outage in campbell. the incident happene

. >>> they will meet in just a few hours with president barack obama and allison burns has more aboutis at stake in today's meeting. >> reporter: pam, there is no major agreement that will be signed and probably no big headline. the three leaders have not met as a group since 2009 and the official agenda has them talking about ways to increase trade and improve cross border security, but looming large over the talks is the escalating talks about drug violence. more than 50,000 have been killed from drug cartel over the past six years and there is an urgency on how to deal with it. they are boosting military cooperation but they are also facing questions about decriminalizing some substances when the three hold a news conference after their meeting and there is lingering tension between president barack obama and canadian prime minister harper, and i will have more on my neck update. >>> an officer shot and killed a pit bull during a call. a man threatened his neighbor with a knife at 5:45 last night. the officer had detained the suspect when a woman and dog came out of the home. polic

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allison talks about the gold standard i'll accept that. secured to a high standard. then get rid of it. if it's highly enriched uranium, blended down, we do that, do it more. plutonium, either burned it, my favorite option, better than nothing, better than stockpiling a. or treat as radioactive waste and dispose of it. and, finally, a bit of prescription. the prescription one has heard when you're in a hole, first stop digging. so the prescription is simple. it would be for all countries, all countries to forsake any future production of separated plutonium, or highly enriched uranium for any purpose whatsoever. that means no plutonium used in the current generation of thermal reactors, no, i commission a plutonium with separation for future fast reactors, no reprocessing of spent fuel for radioactive waste management. none. no research reactor fuel with highly enriched uranium for radioisotope production. no naval reactors fueled by highly enriched uranium or additional highly enriched uranium. and it. the proposition here is that if we are serious about this being the greatest threat to national security, let's act as though it were. thank you. >> thank you. good morning. i'm go