a message mitt romney is expected to deliver at the republican convention, here is more with allison burnseporter: dave, it is his biggest platform to make the mitt romney presidency and many after the tacks against him. ryan set the stage, he brought delegates to their feet and he said let's get this done, college graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at faded obama posters wondering when they will get going with life. it was couldn't lease who stole the show and prompted speculation about her political future. >> one or two things will happen, either nobody will lead or somebody will fill the vacuum who does not share our values. >> more on the mystery speaker, reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 6:48, sal, what are you keeping an eye on now? >> well, on the peninsular on highway 92, that is near the freeway and i am putting the thing up there and there is reported lay pole that is down and we have report of it being upper sky land and we are sending a chopper to figure out where i

ktvu channel 2 morning news allison burns. >>> a surprise online appearance caused a website to crashm surprise appearance of president barack obama. >>> she left her gun on a flight while flying with mitt romney from tampa to indianapolis. they found the gun, called the secret service who quickly picked up the gun, that agent did not fly back with mitt romney. >>> and the district director accepted a federal grant to reopen stations in brentwood. these stations were closed because of budget cuts. the 7.8 billion dollars grant will go to hiring firefighters. it will take 6 to 90 days to reopen the station. >>> some of the screeners are claiming don'tment interference affects how they do their work. >> reporter: they are forced to take short cuts and it's making a safety risk. whistleblowers allege the transportation security has a problem with the machines. they say the machines no longer manually slice luggage which allow them to computer generate across section. they say they disabled it back in 2004. screeners may only have seconds to inspect suspicious bags. this comes when a numb

allison burns has more on how that strike was carried out, allison? >> reporter: martin dempsey was not near his plane when it was hit and these are some pictures from the department website. a trip shows it is unclear on the attack, and it happened overnight and he left on a different plane. he was meeting with government leaders about the up surge about the insider attacks launched by afghan security forces against international troops. how the u.s. says those attacks show pressure on the taliban is intensifying. it will happen during my next update in about an hour. a allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we are learning two soldiers were among the men who went down in a fire fight with insurgence in kandahar province. they claimed responsibility and one of them killed richard he is section. and the other from cathedral city, for you afghans died in the attack. >>> and skinny dipping, the fbi investigated this incident in 2011 and it involved kevin swimming naked in the sea of galilee. they say the fbi was investigating a separate thing a

newsroom, here is allison burns. >> reporter: mitt romney wants to open up more oil drilling off the east coast and he said his strategy will create 3 million jobs. paul ryan as his running mate has boosted his popularity where obama leads by just 2 points. >> we have a path that the president has placed us upon where we will turn out like europe if we stick with european policies. >> reporter: during stops in nevada he warned voters they would be seeing more ads from the gop that are not true. >> these are not positive ads where they are putting out their plan because they don't really have a plan. >> reporter: reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> new developments involving a fresno county slaughter house, mcdonald's, they show sibling cows being beaten. they bought 21 pounds of beef for school lunches and other programs. that slaughter house was shut down on mundane they say they are working -- on monday and they are, woulding now to handle concerns. >>> and they are dealing with aides like symptoms, it has affected people from asia. t

allison burns is in our washington d.c.wsroom with republicans jam packed schedule after hurricane eye zack forced the first -- isaac forced the first day to be canceled. >>> they are giving major speeches and for and rob any we will deliver the most important speech of the convention and they see him as awkward and more likable. they will more likely focus on president barack obama like he has been doing speeches in tampa already this week. >> the president is nothing more than a chicago war politician and that's the way he has been acting on this campaign so far and 90% of his ads are vicious untrue ads on mitt romney. >> and he will appear on the stable at the end of his wife's speech. they are voting on a rule that would punish states that hold their primaries and reporting live from washington d.c. allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> 5:37 is the time, time to check in with sal. did you see the moon this morning? >> i saw it last night, it was pretty incredible. it was like whose light is on. >> one of the be

and allison burns is in to determine which has the most in and around the country. allison? >> reporter: for the third month in a row, mitt romney trounced president barack obama in fundraising. they raised $101 million in july and it is called mitt romney's summer surge. although the total campaign fundraising is more than romney's and obama is raising more in california, our review on fundraising totals for each campaign in california shows president barack obama raised $33 million so far compared to $15 million for mitt romney, the pressure to raise money means both candidates are spending more times at fundraisers than campaign rallies. reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police are hoping the results of an autopsy will help find out who the identity is of a newborn baby. they found the baby girl's body after a vacation. police done think they were involved a teenage girl reportedly lives in the home and police have not said whether she is a suspect. >> in fact we don't know if a crime has been committed or occurred and that's one of the reaso

allison burns is telling us what the report shows about the use and over use of these possible drugs. >> reporter: we found 36% of nursing homes are prescribing antipsychotic drugs atherton higher rate. nationwide, short stay residents are given the powerful drugs and 23% of long time residents. the results are usually lower, 21% .1 of long-term residents. we looked within 50 miles and 10 miles of san francisco. 2 is of them are prescribing antipsychotic drugs higher than that national rate, some significantly higher. some say the drugs are needed. they say improper use can make residents dehydrated. >> that can predisposes the resident to blot blood clots, pressure ulcers. falls with major injury. >> reporter: the information is now available on the nursing home come pair website. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 6:16, some are upset that a relatively new resident wants to make some big changes to his property. co-founder of twitter bought this house for $3 million. it was designed by somebody and built in 1915. when he fir

ktvu's allison burns is live in the washington, d.c. newsroom with the issue romney will be promoting and how he says it will create jobs. allison? >> reporter: romney will be in new mexico today, tori, promoting his new energy policies. he wants to open up more oil drilling off the east coast and says his strategy will create three million jobs. a poll out this morning shows romney's selection of paul ryan as the running mate has boosted his popularity in the swing state of wisconsin where obama now leads by just two points. >> we are on a path that the president has placed us upon where we will turn out just like europe if we stick with these european policies. >> reporter: the president has no public events today during stops in nevada yesterday, he warned voters they'd be seeing more ads from the gop that he says are not true. >> and you know these aren't like positive ads where they're putting out their plan. because they don't really have a plan. >> reporter: now the obama campaign has a you new ad of its own out today featuring fo

as allison burns reports, they've also left the country's financial situation in limbo. >> reporter: you'll probably be seeing more of your local members of congress. they are back home campaigning, working or vacationing but they have left a mess back here in d.c. with president obama on the campaign trail heading to connecticut today and members of congress racing home. there's a laundry list of unfinished business. one of the biggest looming problems in these empty halls is what to do about automatic budget cuts and tax increases that kick in at the end of the year. >> we need your help. you're the commander in chief. >> it's hard to get consensus when the other side of the aisle has no desire at all to build consensus. >> reporter: a closer look at whether there are notice deals in the works to solve these big budget problems during my next update in about an hour. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama is raising some big cash for his campaign today with the help of hollywood star power. the president is flying to connecticu

reporting live from washington, dc, allison burns, ktvu. >>> the census bureau wants to change the way it labels ethnic groups to find out how people identify themselves. the census bureau wants them to stop using the term negros. they want to offer new ways to identify people from the middle east. changes to the census form still have to be approved first by congress. >>> it is 7:17. we're now hearing the 911 call that led to the arrest of country singer randy travis. >> grayson county, 911. >> hello. i'm on the road on 377 to valley view, and i just found a guy in the road. >> he was arrested last night in grayson county texas north of dallas. police say he was found naked, lying in the road after driving his car into a construction site. he's facing a number of charges, including driving while intoxicate and threatening to kill the state troopers who arrested him. >> >>> selling marijuana through craig's list. undercover officers arrested 43- year-old chris singh. legal analysts think this case could have far reaching ramifications, including the online sale of medicinal marijuana.

allison burns.ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president barack obama's raising some big cash for his campaign today with the help op some hollywood star power. he's heading to connecticut where he'll appear at the home of film mogul harvey wine stein and he's expected to raise at least 2 and a half million dollars. co-host for the event include actresses ann hat way and paul newman's widow joe an woodward. mitt romney spending private meetings at his new hampshire vacation home. he'll be back on the campaign trail tomorrow in illinois. speculation has intensified over romney's choice for a vice presidential running mate. there's talk he'll name his running mate after the olympics but before the gop convention, and that convention is now just three weeks away. and we've just learned some of the high profile names who will appear there, senator john mccain, former arkansas governor mike huckabee and former secretary of state condoleezza rice are the first speakers announced. governors from battleground state

reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:16.co chronicle" says city's sit lie law aimed at keeping the homeless off the sidewalks is not working. a law passed two years ago that out laws sitting or lying on sidewalks between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. the chronicle says a number of 40e78less people -- number of homeless people still spend their day on sidewalks. especially along hating street. of the 333 citations issued since last year. three people, two men and a woman account for nearly a third reportedly they are arrested and then released and go right back to the sidewalk. >>> san jose man accused in a deadly crime spree last fall is scheduled to enter a plea today. paul castillo faces several felony charges including murder stemming from a rampage that began september 6. prosecutors say castillo shot a san jose gas station attaindants before kidnapping and murdering a vietnamese talk show host. he is accused of several violent robberies. >>> boston gangster james whitey bulger will take the stand in his own defense. the accu

allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> it appears congress will head out tomorrow without passing a security bill. democrats in the senate had hoped to send out a bill today. they don't have the votes they need and republicans are against the bill because they say it should be against businesses rather than have more government regulations. >>> a southern california city has officially filed for bankruptcy. they are now the third california area claiming bankruptcy. they say for now no city supervisions will be -- services will be cut but it will change in the near future. >>> they will take a major step and it is technically the unincorporated part of marin county. officials will vote on whether to form a committee to study the benefits andrew backs of -- and draw backs of becoming an independent city. they will create draw backs. >>> they discovered back scenes are less affective on people who get less than 6 hours a night. the research sows people who slim unprotected on the vaccine, six hours that is a lot of sleep. >> sal knows a lot about our commute. >> yes, and i have been

allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> today leaders are said to vote on a possible increasesales tax. it involves two measures that would go before voters in november. the other is a city measure. they said he not be using it since poll sue perfecters -- pole supporters will be there. >> >> and the online lesbian and gay wedding magazine has declared today national equality dated. more than 32,000 people have gone to the facebook page supporting their rights. >>> bulger will take the stand. the accused mob 0 boss is facing them when he was an fbi informant. he was there after 16 years on the run and his trial is set for march. >>> the san jose man accused in a deadly crime spree. paul castillo was on a rampage. he shot a gas station attendant, and murdered a vietnam talk show host. he is also accused of several robberies. >>> and according to the bay sit accept have 20 bash citizen have 20% more. they averaged 4 times the price tag of community college programs. now the community says they are not fully telling students about the entire costs. >>> 18 minutes after 12, what i

live from washington, dc, allison burns. >>> an american report ser missing this morning in syria. austin tice has reported for the washington post. the 31-year-old has not contacted his editors or family in more than a week. he spent time with rebel fighters after entering syria in may. the state department is looking into the case. >>> this morning the fbi is investigating threats made against a missouri senate candidate who made national headlines with his comments about rape. todd akin said women who are victims of leg mate rape may not be pregnant because their bodies may shut down. the fbi is investigating threats against akin, his wife and staff concerning rape and other violent acts. he has apologized and some conservatives have rallied around him. >>> a missing missouri teen is now safe after escaping from a house in southwest illinois where she says she was held captive as a sex slave. authorities raided the house yesterday. the now 17-year-old was reported missing two years ago. now she escaped from the house this week. she reported she was raped and got pregnant by her

allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> thank you allison. new this morning, they are investigating a fiery collision in east texas. it happened in a freig trn and these are live pictures you are looking at from this very fiery collision and in fact you can see part of that train and part of that equipment trying to move and clear this up from the area in texas and all of this happening in wills point and that's 45 miles per hour miles east of texas. the man jumped out moments before the train and truck coliseum lied and two block area was evacuated and as you see, it is still very much an active scene as drews try to -- crews try to clean up the mess. >>> the bill deals with domestic violence and it's designed to protect people from having to pay alimony to spouses with sexual felonies. the governor will either sign or veto it by the end of september. >>> people in vallejo they want more to be done to deter illegal activity. something we have been following but some say this approach is not a affected. they complain the stay away orders issu

allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> he is accused of selling marijuana through craigslist. the undercover officers arrested him at a target store in april. now he claims the pot was for qualified medical marijuana patients. legal analysts think it could have far reaching med dismal marijuana. >>> well, fighting a ballot member including sweetened drinks, now organizations have spent 350,000 dollars since june campaigning against the tax. that is 10 times more than what supporters have spent. they will raise more money an tra penny per ounce. they say the money will be used for antiobesity programs. >> any problems, all? >> nothing major, we did have a problem that has been cleared and we are looking at the south bay and traffic continues to move along well. for the most part, we are looking nice and i want to move this down just to show you more on highway 17. 17 has a little bit of crowding on southbound 17, approaching the summit but nothing major. the traffic continues to look good at the bay bridge toll plaza with no major problems getting into san francisco as a matter

will vote on their platform what it says about abortion during my next update in about an hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a fresno county school district is being sued over its sexual education program. the a.c.l.u. shows they are failing to provides students about -- provide students about accurate information about condemns. they claim people remain abstinence until marriage. the lawsuit contains inaccurate information. >>> an attorney for lynch says race may have been a factor in his arrest. he is the runningback and lynch is african-american. he told tmz he believes there is no dash-cam video because maybe the officers turned off the camera. chp denies the allegation and lynch has pled not guilty. >>> a number of sea otters out here in california is on the rise. a study was completed this june, scientists counted 2400 otters and that's more than in 2010. poor weather conditions aaccounted for the number last year. >>> 5:15 a new sign they are cutting back, they have sold off two of its brand. valley of the moon winely and lake sun noma was produced on the same propert

reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> make sure you stay right here with us for more coverage of the republican national convention and we will bring you another live report from tampa coming up in just about an hour. >>> right now, it is 6:48 we want to check in with sal for another look at your traffic. >>> right now at the toll plaza, we have traffic that is getting slow coming into san francisco and you can see it is backed up beyond the maze. this is a look at 8:80 as you may have guessed traffic is moving a long well passed the coliseum and no problems towards the oakland exit. and that traffic looks good, we are looking at a big delay getting into the livermore valley, look at all that slowed traffic so if you are coming in, you drive through that area please give yourself extra time, you will need it this morning. let's go to steve. >>> we just heard from cassie, she is usually in grenada, it is clear, can you believe it? >> yes, i do believe it today. in fact i just put that in there and so far it is clear and it will be a warm day

reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 6:16 a lawyer for martian lynch claims race may have been a factor when he was arrested. they arrested lynch and they suggested their racial differences may have played a role. he said he had been swerving all over the road and he believes the reason there is no dash-cam video is because police turned off their camera. he said the camera was just not working properly and martian pled not guilty. >>> wilfredo reyes was arrested last month. he is charged with twee three counts of murder -- three counts of murder for his case in the murder of tony balogna and his sons michael and matthew bologna. he was the trigger man. >>> a disturbing case of animal abuse. somebody duct taped a poor turtle to a bunch of balloons and sent it into the air. those balloons got caught in a free and neighbors saw what was going on and tried to help the turtle. >> tangling back and forth. >> they tried to get the fire department but it took an hour for the firefighters to show up. >> once they showed up, the managed to cut the turtle free a

ktvu allison burns in the washington, d.c. bureau to tell why the late of the attacks are especially alarming. alison. >> reporter: we are seeing more so green on blue strikes where the attackers are dressed as afghan security forces. in the latest incident a man dressed in an afghan military uniform killed three u.s. troops today in h-elmand in southern afghanistan. it's the third attack this week from the afghans training to take over the country's security. so far, 30 coalition troops have been killed in such attacks this year. according to the associated press. a suicide bomber killed 3 high ranking u.s. officials yesterday including sergeant major kevin griffith from colorado and sergeant -- excuse me and major thomas kennedy of west point. taliban is claiming responsibility. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:16. syria allegation -- serious allegation against a california veterans charity. state attorney general is suing the organization called help hospitalized veterans. it is

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around the country, there's so many fires burning, the scope of torched land now rivals the size of massachusetts. steve allison is hoping his california property isn't next. he's the last man standing, refusing evacuation orders to keep an eye on his home. what's it going to take for you to pack up and leave? >> see flames. >> reporter: just a little moment of levity in a very scary situation out here. firefighters are struggling. as they head back out to the fire lines later today, residents are waking up in emergency shelters this morning, hoping for good news on their homes. >> we're hoping for that, too. cecilia, thank you very much. >>> now, to the breaking news overnight from afghanistan. rocket fire at the main u.s. base, hitting the plane of america's top military official. abc's chief national security correspondent, martha raddatz, has been tracking the latest. this happened while joint chiefs martin dempsey was on the ground. but the military asked that nothing be reported until dempsey was out of the country on a new plane. >> reporter: that's right. it happened after midnight. the attack left shra

burns. consumer experts advise parents to tape the battery come partments shut. ♪ tell me something good ♪ >>> all right. it is friday morning. it's time for ask allison.ay's question has to do with fruit. one viewer writes, i would like to know the benefits and/or purpose of seedless grapes. i find it interesting that grapes are being manufactured without the seeds, yet they say grape seeds have many nutritional benefits. for what reason do they spend time and money on manufacturing seedless grapes? wow, well, this is a very thoughtful question. it comes from jasmine jackson, and i thank you for writing in. the question is a little different for ask allison and i love it for that reason. i've actually thought about this. there is a lot of thought and theory that goes into our food and whether it's been genetically engineered and how safe all of that is. i'm happy to answer this question for you. the answer itself is a pretty easy one. convenience, of course. we all love just chewing on grapes, but for many it was a pain to deal with the messy seeds, where do you spit them out? why do that, why not have a baggy filled with grapes wherever you go and no

dave ross live in ash burn with a look who is stepping up to protect robert griffin the third. dave. >> reporter: well, allison and tony that is the million dollar question out here red skins park as we enter day 6. i mean what are we going to do? we are already not even a week in and two fifths of the offensive line are not going to play for the rest of the season. that is not good people. yesterday, the stud full back, young that blocks for all those running backs is out with a hamstring injury. probably two weeks and josh morgan your new wide receiver he has a hamstring issue too. the question remains who will protect rgp. yeah, that owe feen -- rg 3. yeah, that offensive line it is an issue. big hits everywhere we know the starting tackle is on the list, corey is out with arthroscopic surgery on his knee he will not play for rest of the preseason. yesterday the red skins brought in free agent lineman jordan black number 60 luring him out of retirement he is 32 years old entering his 7th season in the league appeared in 80 games, starting in 40 he is surprised to be back. >> to be honst i wasn't expecting a

allison. yeah, you know you guys are go to guys back there at the fox 5 studios we have new one out here in ash burn, pierre garcon making $42.5 million but he has played for peyton manning now rg 3 some differences or similarities? take a listen. >> what is the difference well, you are in ash burn but dc versus indianapolis. >> a lot more going on than in indianapolis. it is a great town but dc has a lot more. >> many more things to do. >> many more things to do. >> tell me about the free agency period. why did you choose to come here. >> washington showed a lot of interest in me and they were first to reach out to me when the free agency period time opened and we talked for a second and got it done. >> didn't take long for you to decide. >> no, not at all. >> the money helps when you get a contract offer like that hey, where do i sign. >> the coaches were really pressed on me and interested and showed it to me and i was just so welcome. >> when you -- before you signed that contract did you think wow i want to look at the quarterback situation you played for peyton manning you didn't know then the