is positioning the president as somewhat above politics here trying to do a public service. >> bill plante cbs news, the white house. >> mitchell: and as bill mentioned the president and congress are up against an obvious second deadline to raise the debt ceiling. that deadline applies as well to the treasury department officials who may have to deal with a worst-case scenario. whit johnson is covering that part of the story. >> reporter: planning for the worst case in which lawmakers fail to raise the debt limit is a scenario treasury secretary timothy geithner won't talk about. >> i can say with total confidence, we have no other option to buy more time. and we don't need more time. >> reporter: but suppose a deal cannot be reached and the government can no longer borrow money. geithner may not say it publicly, but reports have surfaced that a small team of treasury officials is working on a contingency plan. there is a plan b. >> i think there has to be. >> reporter: steve mcmillin is the former deputy director of the white house office of management and budget under george w bush. a fo

bill plante cbs news, washington. >> mitchell: and that is the cbs evening news.n cbs, 48 hours mystery. thanks for joining us this saturday evening. i'm les mention mitch -- les mitchell, cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> frenz and family members grieve after a young man, the best friend of oscar grant, was gunned down in hayward. >> it is like a dream. it is like a dream right now. >>> not just any dream. the american dream. how some of your neighbors just bought it for pennies on the dollar. >>> and will this be the end for los angeles? a live report from carmageddon. cbs5 eyewitness news is next. ,,

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on that. good morning bill. >> reporter: good morning, nancy. the president raised expectations after that meeting saying the talks were constructive but then this morning, house speaker boehner came out and said he didn't think things are narrowed that much in recent days all of which goes to suggest as the president put it getting to a deal won't be easy. >> everybody acknowledged that there is going to be pain involved politically on all sides. >> reporter: some of the pain for democrats could be in changes to social security cost of living adjustments and reimbursements for medicare and medicaid. >> don't consider social security a piggy bank for giving -- we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of american seniors and people with disabilities. >> reporter: house speaker boehner who also called the meeting productive made it clear beforehand the deal had to cut spending by more than the increase in the debt ceiling. >> we would not increase the debt limit without real cuts in sp

russ. >> mitchell: bill plante at the white house, thanks a lot. their part, democratic leaders in the house and senate have been drawing their own lines in the sand this saturday. for more on what's happening on the hill we are joined by congressional correspondent nancy cordes. nancy, the talks have moved from the white house to capitol hill. what's going on there? >> reporter: well, this evening, russ, the four top congressional leaders met at the speaker's office for a little under an hour. the speaker has told his republican members that he wants to be able to get back with them from a framework of a deal that they can listen to within the next 24 hours. we're told by sources that the goal here is about three trillion to $4 trillion worth the defense savings but it's very difficult to see how they get there without comprehensive tax reform. that was a central feature of the deal the speaker was working on with the president but we're told it may not number on table in these talks if only because it's such a political land mine. >> mitchell: it

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>> cbs' bill plante for us, thank you. >>> failure to reach a deal on raising the debt limit could affect the average american. rebecca jarvis is here with more on that angle for us. >> good morning. as all of the attention is focused on who said what in washington, americans across the country are beginning to fear the consequences if the debt issues aren't resolved quickly. >> i cannot guarantee that those checks go out on august 3rd if we haven't resolved this issue. >> reporter: when the president said social security checks may not go out on time next month, seniors across the country took notice. >> the president -- >> when i saw that, it shocked me but i said, no, this cannot happen, not in this country. >> reporter: 80-year-old cora meruelo is terrified about the government being late on a payment. if it comes for that she may not be able to pay for her heart medication. >> if i don't get social security how can i cover my expenses? >> i don't know how any of us will survive without it. >> reporter: 55 million americans receive social security checks every month and the thought of

joining us is senior white house correspondent bill plante. what is the latest on the negotiations? >> reporter: they are deadlocked. still, no further schedule of talks between the white house and coning. republicans remain opposed to any kind of new taxes. and democrats are just as adamant that there has to be some kind of new revenue. congress has raise the debt ceiling 102 times since it was first instituted in 1917. and ten times in the last decade. but never before have the stakes been so high where democrats and republicans so unwilling to budge. norm is a longtime student of congress. >> normally, what you see in these negotiations is tough stances but at least some willingness to go, not halfway, but a quarter of the way where the other side is. >> reporter: in 1983, republican president ronald regulariagan supported a rise. he wrote. nor have democrats always been in favor of raising the limit. in 2006, then senator barack obama voted against an increase, a voed he later admitted was a mistake, but that didn't stop representative michele bachmann facing him on a recent "fa

bill plante has the fascinating details. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.se of material from the library shows president nixon sweating or fretting over all kinds of small details, everything from soup to nuts and of course, about his enemies as well. and it shows his staff trying to save him as the watergate scandal began to overwhelm them. it's no secret richard nixon was obsessed with his enemies and it started long before watergate. this is one of a series of memos he dictated to chief of staff in early 1970. >> more i think of it, setting up the special group for the purpose not of cheering but solely of attacking and defending, is of the highest priority. >> reporter: in other memos, the same day, nixon grouses that the new white house press room is too overdone. >> i believe from walking through the facilities that we've gone overboard in term of the elaborate individual cubicals and other areas that have been set up. >> reporter: and he orders a meeting to stop leaks to the press. >> the main purpose of this meeting will not be to get the point acro

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. the best news they have heard around here in weeks. a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of six has come up with a new deficit reduction plan. it would cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion the next decade. the key thing here is this is the first so-called big idea with support from influential lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. last night, the republican-led house pass its preferred solution to solving the crisis known as the cut, cap, and balance act, the legislation cuts federal spending by $6 trillion and requires a constitutional balanced budget amendment in exchange for raising the debt ceiling but the bill is expected to die in the senate. the president's focus was on the plan forged by the so-called gang of six. >> it's time to get down to the business of actually solving this problem and i think we now are seeing the potential for a bipartisanship consensus around what that would take. >> reporter: the plan c

cbs news senior white house accordance bill plante has more for us this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica . the likes of which we have rarely seen in this capital for the president it was one of the last cards he has to play. he appealed directly to the american public to tell congress that it wants his plan to cut spending and to cut tax breaks. >> the only reason this balanced approach isn't on its way to becoming law right now, is because a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach, a cuts only approach, an approach that doesn't ask the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all. >> reporter: the president accused republicans in congress of creating a dangerous stalemate which threatens that the nation will run out of money to pay its bills. social security, veteran benefits and government contracts on august 2nd. >> defaulting on our objections is a reckless and irresponsible outcome to this debate. >> reporter: both republicans and democrats won't want to gaul

bill plante has the latest on the negotiations this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, erica. the talks are stalled now. both sides are playing to public opinion. senator mcconnell delivered his invitation to the president from the senate floor and the white house just as publicly said, no, thanks. >> what the senator invited the president to do was to hear senate republicans restate their position. we know what that position is. and he also invited them to hear -- invited the president to hear what would not pass. that's not a conversation worth having. >> reporter: after the president's taunt that congress was away too often, senate majority leader announced the senate would forego its july fourth break and instead work to a deal to raise the debt ceiling and balance the budget. >> it's very important we do this. that moment is too important and the time too short to waste even a moment. >> reporter: bipartisan talks led by vice president biden have identified more than a trillion dollars worth of spending cuts over

>> bill plante, thanks. i like that terminology, by the way. >>> coming up, we will speak with house majority leader eric cantor who is going to this morning's meeting at the white house and get a little bit more information on just what he is willing to bring to the table as bill mentioned. >>> breaking news from orlando where casey anthony is going back to jail. this morning, she was sentenced to four years in prison for lying to investigators but the judge says she has already served most of her time. cbs' karen brown is in the couple of hours in orlando for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. in fact, when casey anthony walked into that courtroom today, she looked relaxed her hair was down, she had a slight smile on her face. when she left she looked downed. the judge giving her the maximum sentence for the four charges she was convicted on. outside the courthouse things have been extraordinarily calm. a huge show of force but most of the folks say what they want the j

>> bill plante at the white house. bill, thank you. >>> a deadly tour bus crash in western new york. it was headed from washington, d.c. to niagara falls yesterday afternoon. about 55 miles southeast of rochester it crashed into a wooded median. two people were killed and 35 others hurt. plus say a tire may have flown out. >>> a frightening stage collapse at a music festival in ottawa, canada. wow! at least eight people were hurt, one seriously, when the stage at the ottawa blues fest came down during a severe storm last night. the band cheap trick was performing at the time. they got off the stage safely. now back over to rebecca. >> jeff, thank you. >>> at least 17 states in the central united states have heat advisories and warnings in place. it is spreading to the east coast this morning. cynthia bowers has the latest from a very sticky chicago. good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning. i woke up and it felt like 94. our heat index today could be 105. people in the midwest, though, are talking a lot about t

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the latest for us this morning. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. there is another meeting here today. before that, the president is having a news conference. his staff says he will, again, make the case in public about doing something big, cutting $4 trillion, restructuring the tax system. even though that's what derailed the talks over the weekend. halfway into the weekend negotiations, house speaker boehner pulled the plug on the so-called grand bargain. a $4 trillion deficit reduction deal he had been discussing with the president, saying he just didn't have the vote. >> big tax increases in the middle of the economic situation that's extraordinarily difficult with 9.2% unemployment. >> on cbs' face the nation, tim geithner said the president is not giving up. >> he wants to do the best deal. >> what happened over the weekend to sour the gop on president obama's grand plan? in a word? taxes. speaker boehner encountered staunch opposition from fellow republicans to refused to sign off on any de

cbs' bill plante for us at the white house this morning. bill, thank you very much.ssing all night in san francisco bay has been found alive and in g >>> 8:25. good morning, i'm grace lee with your news headlines. a windsurfer was rescued in good condition. she is ventured into the bay last night around 5:00 from coyote point. she was found near the san mateo bridge this morning around 6 a.m. >>> a friend of one of the seven fishermen missing off baja, california is going to raise money to for a private dive team to find one of the missing fishermen since july 3. >>> police chief greg suhr will at a town hall meeting in the bayview district tomorrow evening. the subject, last weekend's police shooting in which a 19- year-old from seattle was shot and killed. police say that they have proof that the teenager fired at officers first. >>> and an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. out of the porous caverns of grout takes the right tools, but it also takes a gentle, caring touch. before you can deep clean, you learn to get a feel for its trouble spots. an

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more from the white house this morning. bil bill. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. the president is trying to raise the heat on congress to get a deal done in the next two weeks. the main point of his briefing yesterday was to voice his opposition to the idea of a short-term deal that is gaining a lot of support on capitol hill. >> i've heard reports that there may be some in congress who want to do just enough to make sure that america avoids defaulting on our debt in the short term, but then wants to kick the can down the road when it comes to solving the larger problem of our deficit. i don't share that view. i don't think the american people here sent us here to avoid tough problems. it's, in fact, what drives them nuts about washington. >> reporter: the president said he had talked to members of congress over the holiday weekend and made some progress. he insisted again on what he calls a balanced approach, which he defines as cuts in domestic spending, defense, and entitlements but includes eliminating some tax breaks

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has more for us this morning. bill, good morning. >> good morning, erica. well, the deadlock continues. and there is no sign that anyone in this ideological standoff is ready to give ground. the president set the stage for monday's meeting, by saying that it was time for all sides to come together, and reassure the nation. >> i think it will give the american people enormous confidence that this town can actually do something once in awhile. >> reporter: the two sides remain far apart. and some republicans have suggested a stopgap extension of the debt ceiling, so that the nation does not default on its debts on august 2nd. but the president said no deal. >> i will not sign a 30-day or a 60-day or a 90-day extension. that is just not an acceptable approach. >> reporter: indeed, said mr. obama, any kd o >> reporter: indeed said mr. obama. any kind of deal will only get more difficult as election day approaches. >> we might as well do it now. pull off the band-aid. ate our peas. now is the time to do it. if not now,

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante has the latest. good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning there. it's a sign, though, that the pressure is really on. that's what you're hearing. the president has shifted his position just a little bit. from insisting that he wouldn't sign any kind of short-term deal, but he continues to insist that any deal include some kind of revenue increases. >> that kind of balanced approach, i think, offers a way out of the this dilemma and, hopefully stabilizing the economy in a way that will help us create jobs here in america. >> reporter: with time running out, the president's spokesman says he would be okay with a short-term agreement to avoid default on august nd but only if a larger deal was already in the process of being written. >> because the parameters of what that might look like are well known, especially to the participants in the negotiations the president oversaw last week. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the bipartisan plan of the gang of six senators gathered more than 30 supporters, but d

cbs news senior white house correspondent bill plante joins us, though, with the latest developments. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at yesterday's meeting, the president tossed this whole mess back to the congressional negotiators. he told him, it's decision time and he suggested they go off and find out some solution in the next 24 hours or so. but he said that he and his staff will be on call for another meeting if they can't come to an agreement by tomorrow. both sides say thursday's meeting was calm cordial and productive, unlike the day before, when as the president told cbs philadelphia station kyw he appealed for an order. >> i told them bluntly the american people stop us to stop playing games and solve this problem and i was very blunt with them. >> reporter: officials say the group examined the big deal. spending cuts and entitlement reforms and savings from the tax code and unemployment insurance. mr. obama told the group the big deal is his strong preference but he would accept a $2 trillion dollar deal. also what both sides describe shortstop a fullback o

bill plante at the white house, thanks. >>> if there is no deal to raise the debt limit, major credit agencies are threatening to take away the united states' aaa credit rating and could still happen each if is there a deal. what does it mean for you? joining us is mark zandi. good to see you. >> good morning. >> put this in context. this has never happened before as far as the credit rating dropping in the states. what would it mean for the average american if we lose our aaa credit rating? >> higher interest rates. if the credit rating agencies downgrade treasury debt and downgrade the debt of fannie mae and freddie mac and important for the mortgage rates we pay, downgrade the debt of various banks, they will downgrade the debt of state governments and other municipalities. i think we all would be paying higher interest rates. instead of paying 4.5% for a fixed rate mortgage loan you might be paying 4.6%, 4.7%. >> with all of the dysfunction the americans are seeing in washington right now, are we going to be downgraded no matter what happens at this stage of the game? >> i don't k

bill. >>> stocks surge, corn is planted, and the ultimate case of atm envy? hmm. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, if you are into clashing, shape shifting, technological bohemaths, then this weekend we have a movie for you. >> coming up, another walk-off between the cubs and giants. the phils lose one of their aces, and we're getting close to football ending its lockout. now there's no basketball. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning, and welcome back to "early today." here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> firefighters in new mexico say they are confident they've stopped the 96,000 acre wildfire from advancing towards the los alamos nuclear lab. nearby residents evacuated earlier this week won't be allowed back home until sunday at the earliest. >>> the defense rested its case in the trial of casey anthony on thursday without the 25-year-old defendant taking the stand. she's accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. >>> during a farewell tribute to defense secretary robert gates, preside

bill . >>> sciencives say a plant is taking over.growing so fast it can triple in size on a hot day. john fowler says what's boeing imported from the amazon to try to stop it. >> reporter: for a decade delta has choked with these, a beautiful but invader from south america. we found this boat crew spraying, had erbicide, a huge task. the plant is almost unstoppable. >> it'll completely take over. it'll be nothing but a solid mat. >> reporter: the superintendent ricky carter and his associate are trying to beat the delta heat, heat that fuels their shocking growth. >> every hundred degree day they will double and triple in size. >> reporter: it clogs water intakes for farms so ranch everies spend $1,500 a week just in this small area keeping them in check. there the last few days officials released thousands of these plant hoppers from the amazon. they suck the sap from the leaves. officials wouldn't interview but we learned this has been tried before here with a different bug and he isn't impressed. >> didn't get rid of anything. >>

first it was kmart, then the gm plant and now the lincoln post office. billen a resident for 36 years. >> doggone it, this is one more thing that is being taken away. >> reporter: the postal service's response, "we had no other choice." the lincoln post office was one of nearly 26,000 nationwide. 80% of all post offices not turning a profit. today postmaster general patrick donahoe announced a new strategy an effort to partner with local businesses to offer postal service. >> the convenience is a key thing because as we move to work with providers, they're open seven days a week, 12, 14 hours a day, great for our customers to come in and mail and ship with us through that way. >> reporter: donahoe has urged congress to drop saturday delivery and reduce payments for future retirees' health benefits. if not economists warn in the next five years taxpayers could face a $100 billion bailout. do you ever worry one day the post office will just go the way of the horse and buggy in this country? >> well we'll deliver 170 billion plus pieces of mail this year. i don'

clear proof of the downs a laser in the eye can be a major distraction the food bill or a christian or a knowledge of plant and. the consequences could be catastrophic if someone is targeted well flying an aircraft with hundreds of passengers on board blinding pilots by laser beams has become an increasing new says in russian over fifty attacks registered since the beginning of the year. the latest incident was that this mosque was on the pilot somebody who probably a passenger allied arriving from istanbul were does so by possible green light aimed at the aircraft by someone on the ground just where it's late and not a problem. but i think what but it's only a matter of time or at that accident occurs because we were going to during landing just one hundred meters above the ground when we were only a kilometer away from the runway as a result we were in danger of losing control the crew was dazzled in a catastrophe could happen. in the worst case scenario harmless can land automatically but not fool as in learned on autopilot and even if they do those in the cockpit need to remain in control and be able t

plant, and now the lincoln post office. billbeen a resident for 36 years. >> doggone it! this is one more thing. one more thing that we're just... it's being taken away. >> reporter: the postal services response? we had no other choice. the lincoln post office was one of nearly 36,000 nationwide, 80% of all post offices not turning a profit. today postmaster general patrick donahoe announced a new bill advantage strategy, an effort to partner with local businesses to offer postal services. >> the convenience is a key thing because as we move to work with providers, hey, they're open seven days a week, 12-14 hours a day, that's great for our customers to come in and mail and ship with us through that way. >> reporter: donahoe has urged congress to drop saturday delivery and reduce payments for future retirees health benefits. if not, economists warn, in the next five years taxpayers could face a $100 billion bailout. do you ever worry that one day the post office will just go the way of the horse and buggy in this country? >> wel

plant. that's a green job. bill- >> not only bill gates, but the guy who founded greenpeace is for nuclear energy. >> i'm for nuclear energy. >> in new york, you have indian point, up for relicensing this year, also happens to be on a fault line, and also this year we had a terrible -- >> is mike bloomberg crazy to invest millions of his own dollars? >> here's the issue with mike bloomberg, mike bloomberg likes to put his money and support against strange things. he's against tonight if he's going to against coal plants, he needs to figure out another alternative that works. >> i grew up to the oldest nuclear power plant in america. >> where? you turned out fine, bob. >> i swam in it in february because the water was warm, and that's why they think i'm a liberal. >> mayor bloomberg does support the relicensing of indian point. if they want the new york economy to thrive -- >> if the french can figure it out, we can figure it out. >> if they don't relicense it, it will cost the state a fortune. >> it's 25% of new yor

billing service monthly fee. both charges many faraday plant. >> how could somebody start charging my account i guess similar to charging my credit card without my knowledge. >> in a hearing on capitol hill today, we learned larry is one of as many as 20 million consumers who fall victim each year to a fraud called cramming. false charges tacked on to the phone bill costing consumers $2 billion each year. fraudsters fool your phone company into thinking that you used a special phone service whether it is an 800 number or a deluxe voice mail and that you owe a small fee. the phone company then adds the charge to your bill. look at your bill for $15 charges or less. a red flag might be something like other providers for miscellaneous charges. >> next, call your phone company. ask for an explanation for the charges. if it is not something you signed up for, demand the charges be dropped. then tell them you want to opt out of all third-party services. the good news, putting an end to the fraudulent charges is just a phone call away. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues tonight, new released

bill. let's take it look at their plant. this is set to pass in the house but stall in the senate. that means congress would be decimating budget cuts, they do not want that they say that it will make it harder to ninth pass tax increases on the wealthy. it >> according to a new survey, hiring is expected to pick up the rest of the year. the national association for business economists found that 40 percent of businesses will likely increase unemployment when the next six months. that is the highest number in the year. here are the additional findings. >> goggle global uncertainties are playing a major role in the expectations. it >> 8:12 a.m.. we're back with more than a couple of minutes with gary radnich. ha heartbreak for " world cup win. >> to the time is 8:15 a.m.. gary, did you watch soccer? it was extremely exciting. when the u.s. kept missing a rolls. it was meant to be, i guess. >> the united states was so dominant in the first half. and, i was watching the violet and year-old. when you think about what the country has been trimmed, the earthquake and tsunami " hot and ja

fitzpatrick: the extinction writing in this bill is a sweeping action, it would prevent the fish and wildlife service from spending any money on listing new plants and animals under the endangered species act, designating critical habitat or upgrading species from threatened to endangered. at the same time the bill mape danes funding for -- maintains funding for delisting species, createsing an uncomplete and lop sided and dangerous species policy. mr. speaker, my constituents in pennsylvania and the american people support the important mission of the e.s.a. and it's not hard to see why. preserving animals and plants brings countless benefits to people and the loss of a species can have dangerous and expensive consequences in the future. for example, the u.s. geological survey recently estimated that the loss of bats in north america would cost agricultural producers nearly $4 billion per year including those in my district. we also never know which species of plants and animals may be important in developing life-saving medicines in the future. but the e.s.a.'s primary success to date has been to prevent the extinction of hundreds of species i

plant this time. workers saying we're concerned about these guys come back from lunch. >> bill: yeah, they are buzzed. >> yeah. we went out and caught them again. >> bill: okay. now, when the union is confronted with the tape, chrysler has suspended pretty much everybody that you caught on camera getting high. they are all suspended. and some of them were fired last time as well. >> right. >> but the union, they don't -- how do they react? >> well, you know, we went into the union hall right after we kind of let everybody know what we were doing, that guy, the vice president of that union chapter there, he was a pretty nice guy. of course he said he didn't see anything. he was very cordial. seemed like he was concerned. we actually planned to show him and some other union people the video that we had gotten, just like we did with the chrysler people. but, for whatever reason, that meeting just never happened. he called me up and said it wax knicksed, so, i don't know. >> bill: what happened when you confronted gabe? >> gabe is vice president of vice president of local 372. we go outside and i show him

the environmental protection agency from protecting us from mercury and soot and power plant pollution. under this bill the e.p.a. would hardly be allowed to do anything about dangerous pollution that threatens our public health. the legislation blocks the new vehicle standards that will save consumers at the gas pump and would reduce the amount of oil that we import as a nation. and if that wasn't bad enough, the bill decides to prohibit the state of california from setting its own clean vehicle standards. the legislation also includes an extinction writer, one of the most aggressive threats to the endangered species act in my career here that would freeze all of the efforts to protect the imperiled species across the country. and one of the most offensive aspects of this bill is out of a very long list is the 80% cut in the land and water conservation fund. for nearly 50 years the land and water conservation fund has taken oil and gas drilling fuel and a finite resource to invest them in the continuing protection of our resources on land, not taxpayer dollars, these are takesen from the oil companies

this bill rolls back the clock to a time when big companies could poison our streams and rivers with impunity, when power plants could freely contaminate the air we breathe and when our national treasures were destroyed by corporations all for a bigger profit. first, the bill splashes funding to the e.p.a. -- slashes funding to the e.p.a. by $1.8 billion, stealing funding that keeps our drinking water and wastewater systems clean. then it guts the land and water conservation fund. this program has done more than any other to expand local parks, recreational green spaces and public lands enjoyed by hundreds of millions of americans. while this bill cuts this program by 80% to its lowest level in history, nearly eliminating efforts to ensure that our treasured places are protected for families to enjoy for generations to come. then it abolishing the national oceanic and atmospheric administration climate service which is crucial to understanding how the changes in our national climate affect our farm, -- our farms, coastal communities and businesses. finally it proposes crippling cuts to the development of renewa

plant instantly led to higher utility costs . used to sell electricity to other countries today it buys it from them energy bills grow with each passing month those who worked at the station to slash their family budgets. have you got the readings yes put them down fifty two three hundred forty seven writes how about the water hot water is ninety cold water is eighty four thats it. of course a lot so i have to say still we have to pay five times as much as we delete when we were fired back in december two thousand and nine. the former employees of the ignalina power plant will have to survive on their social welfare packages until they become pensioners unemployment is at over fifteen percent if you're a new officially twenty percent of its population lives in poverty according to your a staff this u.n. year is one of the five poorest countries in the european union. welcome to the. what makes a big splash in the world of high tech business what turns events science into i can't change products they don't understand oh hell which is this got the follow russian innovators to easy majors and broad and their big breakthrough back home an

plant instantly led to higher utility costs. used to sell electricity to other countries today it buys it from them energy bills grow with each passing month those who worked at the station of how to slash their family budgets. have you got the readings yes put them down fifty two three hundred forty seven writes how about the water hot water is ninety cold water is eighty four thats it. that's quite a lot so i have to say. we have to pay five times as much as we do eat when we will find it back in december two thousand and nine that. the former employees of the signal nina power plant will have to survive on their social welfare packages until they become pensioners unemployment is at over fifteen percent if you ain't officially twenty percent of its population lives in poverty according to your staff this un yet is one of the five poorest countries in the european union. comes. up. wealthy british style. is not on the title. of. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into. report on r g. it used to be an idea

the plant is said to be doomed in the democrat-controlled senate pyriform the white house has already planned a veto. >> carl icahn offered 10.2 billion in cash to buy out clorox. clorox said the bill was too low. clorox was not instituted a poison-pill to keep the plant from going forward. carl icahn is the largest shareholder in clorox. a live look at our roof camera. the rest of the bay area is not bad. more in a moment. she was fountain drink over the board. but without was key to her survival, a flotation device. she sat on the correct -- she also had on the correct what suit. we train every day for a rescue mission like this. it never forgotten. kept the co- pilot is the one who located her. 10 minutes into our first search since. mid span near the high rise of the san detail. -- san mateo. she was draped over her board. she is 63, she did try to paddle in throughout the night. everyone here was sur prised. some situationsfdo not work out, but because of the grear and the correct wet suit, everything lines up. she did not complain or panic. calm cool and collected. she was in open water, mid span of the san mateo bridge. search conditions were ideal. because of the right gear

another plant oh boy he was dead to full trail that the republican controlled house of representatives rejects a bill becomes proposed by the democrats front to back room hundred continues to try to reach a deal before tuesday's deadline with president obama urging congress to come to an agreement. veterans have gathered for their annual march but it's once again caused outrage among activists say turning a blind eye to such meetings can lead to trudge to simulate to walk up and in no way. out and back without a news bulletin in fall in just fifteen minutes time from now makes those fort worth kate and football tops. hello welcome to the sports news and these are the headlines. top tussles in form angie with the three nil it's former champions rybin in one of three top flight battles in the russian probably. a lot of red bull flying sebastian vettel lewis hamilton in qualifying for the one where you can go on please take his eight pole position of the season. ten to touch weekly it'll give you a boost he's not feeling the pressure off telling the teenage girls highest paid goaltender. and we start wi

another plant over would be viewed as debt default frails as the republican controlled house of representatives rejects a bill for cars proposed by the democrats ponce buckaroo hundred continues to try to reach a deal for tuesday's deadline with president obama urging congress to come to an agreement. under stress veterans have gathered for the annual march in a stadium but it's once again caused outrage among activists who say turning a blind eye of such meetings can lead to more tragedies similar to what happened in the way. and up next how much of dayton looking at an injury conservation on the nation's developments in the high tech world for you. hello and welcome to technology update are you tired of paying those overblown electric bills at the end of each month this could be the answer you've been waiting for a lot of the energy and with it a lot of the harder and cash gets burned out by crummy old incandescent light bulbs but what if i could get you a lot more light and waste way less wattage in the process i have been coming russian company is just open a huge new production facility to help make that

plants. when they can't pay their bills. that's the situation we are in as a nation. so the bow tanic -- botanic garden is a beautiful place. a lot of very beautiful plants in there. i think it's not the responsible thing to continue to try to grow things that are going to continue to grow the debt and spend money we just simply do not have. i remind -- i'm reminded as we have gone through the authorization process in the three committees i'm in, as we have gone through these appropriation bills, i'm reminded of a saying that was just utilized during our founding periods but with a new twist. and the new twist is this. don't cut me, don't cut me, cut that fellow behind the tree. i hear that in the authorization committees over and over again. we have to cut our spending but don't cut me. cut somebody else. we have to get our debt under control. but don't cut me. cut somebody behind the tree. there's nobody behind the tree. america deserves better. this is a simple cut. the botanical garden is lush and pretty as it is, it is not a necessary expenditure of the federal go

citizens and other citizen to eliminate dangerous carbon pollution from power plants and other stationary sources. this bill exat the indicts uranium mining in the grand canyon, gives public exemption of grazing on public lands, doesn't protect big horn sheep and gray wolves and other elements that threaten our environment and are an additional handout to big oil. this is a polluters' wish list of subsidies, handout and pork. the majority can call it what they will but don't say this bill serves the cause of cost cutting while it lards up programs that are a little more than a subsidy to wealthy mining and drilling interests. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? mr. richmond: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. richmond of louisiana. page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount insert decreesd by $6 million. page 19, line to , after the dollar amount insert increesd by $5 million. the chair: pursuant to the rule , the gentleman is recognized for f

plant. fuel moistures are up right now for this time of year. good news for firefighters. warmer on sunday. >> looks like a pretty good weekend. thanks bill >> thank you bill. >>> california schools will get a break from a new law that requires students to get vaccinated from whooping cough. students must prove they've received a booster shot. but today lawmakers passed an emergency bill that conditionally accepts students who don't meet those rekwaoeufrplts. the new law went into effect july 1st. >>> the number of smokers in the state is going down. officials say since then californians have saved $86 million in health care costs linked to smoking. >>> the grass is getting special treatment tonight at at&t park. the world soccer event coming to the bay area ballpark. free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> soccer is taking over san francisco this weekend starting with a match at at&t park. the stadium is hosting the soccer man between manchester city and club america. this is the sixth soccer game he

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