i'm brian mooar. >> brian, thanks so much. now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. a bus trip headed to niagara falls ended in tragedy when two people were killed and 35 injured in a horrific accident. according to preliminary reports, a tire blowout caused the driver to lose control and crash into a group of trees on a wooded median. a reconstruction team is expected to confirm the cause of the accident once their investigation is complete. >>> in the white house, the first family had their eyes glued to the tv like many of you at home, watching the women's world cup final between japan and the u.s. while the president, first lady, and their two daughters look optimistic in this photo, like most americans they experienced the agony of defeat following america's crushing loss. of course, we're going to have much more on the game coming up in sports. >>> and finally, in california, a cluster of bees turned into a major buzzkill for fans and one particular player at the giants slash padres g

for more we go to brian mooar in washington. brian, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the president is going to have to give a little to get what he wants. he's going to have to do something he said he wouldn't do, which is possibly sign off on an extension on raising the nation's debt ceiling. well, the white house says it will be willing to sign an extension for just a couple of days as the so-called gang of six, a bipartisan group of six senators, works out a plan. there is an august 2nd deadline, but it is going to take some time to get together some legislation and get it ready for a vote. certainly to sell it, especially to tea party republicans. so the white house says if it has to wait a little, sign an extension on the debt ceiling, it will do it but just briefly. >> brian mooar for us in washington, thank you. >>> here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a police chase in arizona ended with two suspects receiving quite a jolt. the brother and sister duo suffering shocking re

nbc's brian mooar has the latest from washington. brian, good morning. >> good morning, veronica. president obama unusually blunt. he said raising the debt ceiling should not be a gun held to the heads of the american people. going into today's meeting, each side had firm plans but the pathway to compromise seems to be holding up. they seem to be softening on what has been a key sticking point, and that is killing some tax loopholes to raise money. eric cantor who caulked out of the last round of talks now said he will be willing to talk about killing those tax loopholes in terms of a bigger compromise. congress has just a couple of weeks to raise uncle sam's debt ceiling or risk maxing out her national credit card. president obama and house speaker john bane ler be two voices in the room but two very important ones. will have to sell any deal to their party and convince skeptics that this is a fair one. veronica? >> brian mooar in washington, thanks. >>> tragedy struck at yellowstone national park when a man hiking with his wife was mauled to death by a grizzly. the grizzly was a

in washington, brian mooar, nbc bay area news. diane? >>> as the battle in washington continues, the fallout for california could also be significant. kris sanchez has more on that. >> reporter: california gets a tenth of the federal pie, when the cuts are decided we will definitely feel them here in the golden state. let's start with the numbers, california spends about $208.5 billion a year. 79 billion of which is federal money, that's nearly 40% of the state budget. the funds help pay for public transportation. and for transportation projects like the doyle drive retrofit. federal funds also feed school children. federal dollars also help support higher education. californians also get federal dollars through social security, medicare and medicaid and unemployment benefits. earlier this week, the california treasurer said the state secured a 5$5.4 billion bridge loan. if that happens, the government's costs of rising will rise sharply. you'll likely pay more if you have a mortgage or home loans. we don't know how much money the state

nbc's brian mooar has the latest now from washington. brian, good morning. >> good morning, veronica. the meeting is less than four hours from now. before that president obama was unusually blunt saying he doesn't believe the debt ceiling should be a gun held to the head of the american people. going into this meeting each side has firm demands, but there does seem to be a path for compromise opening up. republicans, especially house majority leader eric cantor, are talking about the possibility of now accepting the end of some tax loopholes as part of a bigger compromise. it will be a crowded room today, but two voices will be heard above the others. president obama and house speaker john boehner, who will not only have to negotiate some sort of deal, but then sell it to members of their own party. veronica? >> brian mooar in washington, thank you. >>> tragedy struck at yellowstone national park whether a man hiking with his wife was mauled to death by a grizzly. the first fatal bear attack there in 20 years. park officials say the coupl

brian mooar has a look at the developments this weekend from washington. >> reporter: the president and congressional leaders were at the same table, but far apart from saving uncle sam from a looming credit deadline. >> we need to. >> reporter: the bargaining session was over in 1:15, and the two sides said they would pick up again on monday. >> the good news is we agree on some of the big things. >> reporter: president obama thought he and house speaker john boehner had an agreement to target $4 trillion in cuts. but saturday evening, the speaker abandoned that plan, saying it was just too ambitious, and couldn't pass. >> to get a big package would require a big tax increases in the middle of an economic situation that is extraordinarily difficult with 9.2% unemployment. it's a terrible idea. it's a job killer. >> reporter: democrats want to close some tax loopholes to offset the cuts. >> what is really appalling is to see our republican colleagues essentially providing a form of extortion. if you don't agree to deficit reduction the way we want it, we're going to put all these jobs a

nbc's brian mooar has the story from washington. >> reporter: congress has less than a month to raise uncle sam's credit limit. but lawmakers are locked in a battle over a long-term cure for our nation's financial fix. democrats want to raise money. republicans are demanding massive cuts. now a couple of key republican lawmakers are suggesting possible ways to compromise. >> jon kyl was in negotiations as you know with the vice president. and he said there were certain revenue raisers and other areas that perhaps we could work on. >> reporter: senator john mccain won't say exactly what revenue raisers are. but he says he and some other republicans aren't necessarily opposed. it sounds a lot like what president obama and democrats have been asking for. but republicans insist that if revenue raisers is code for tax increases, that's a deal breaker. senator john cornyn says he's no fan of a debt ceiling extension, but it may have to happen. >> the problem with a mini deal, we have a maxi problem. and big problems aren't going to go away if you cut a mini deal. >> reporter: he blasted an

on capitol hill, i'm brian mooar, news4. jim, back to you. >> thanks, brian. >>> coming up, outrage rippled across the country after the casey anthony verdict yesterday. now we'll find out what could be next for the florida mother who has been cleared of murder. >>> journalists have been accused of hacking into the voice mails of crime victims, just to get themselves a good headline. >>> air traffic control recordings reveal just how quickly southwest airline pilots reacted to a hole opening up in mid flight. >>> the creator of a popular new diet has lost a big battle in court. >>> doug, what's ahead in weather? >> i think it's going to stay hot and humid across our area, and our storms are going to be on the increase in the next couple days. current temperature out there now, 86 with a heat index of 91. i'll show you when the storms i'll show you when the storms moveand this is my cvs.'m carla, we look out for patients by offering care 1 on 1. we help them save money with generic prescriptions. we talk to them about prescrip

nbc's brian mooar has the details for us in washington. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. in a short time they will vote on cut, cap and balance. a balanced budget amendment that's not expected to pass but what it will do is clear the way for house republicans, especially tea party members, to go ahead and vote on another compromise plan. there are several in the works right now. president obama and house speaker john boehner are working behind the scenes on one that would bring the outer edges of their part closer to together. there's also the gang of six trying to hammer out a deal that could bring both parties together. time is running out. some sort of plan has to be agreed on today in order to meet that august 2nd deadline to raise the nation's debt ceiling. >> the clock is ticking. thank you. now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a judge in georgia had enough of one defendant's disruption. the man yelled and shouted in the court repeatedly until the judge had him bound and gagged. h

brian mooar has our report. >>> president obama is summoning congressional leaders back to the white house on thursday to hammer out a deal on the debt crisis before it's too late. >> we've made progress, and i believe that greater progress is within sight but i don't want to fool anybody. we still have to work through some real differences. >> he says he's open to compromise but not what's been called a mini-deal. we need to take on spending in domestic programs, defense programs, entitlement programs, and we need to take on spending in the tax code. >> with time and the nation's credit limit running out, democrats are predicting the economy could unravel if the fight isn't resolved soon? >> defaulting on our debt would risk millions of american jobs. it could halt tax refunds, social security checks, medicare payments and even payments for our troops. >> reporter: democrats are just trying to raise taxes and that is a deal breaker. >> our view is that the way you solve a debt crisis is to go on a diet, not a shopping spree. >> it's great political theater in washington, taxpayers m

brian mooar has a look at some of those celebrations. >> reporter: july 4th at the beach.there any better way to celebrate america's birthday? yes, actually, there is. if you live in connecticut where beach-bound traffic jams started before dawn. >> i know we have been here since 5:00 in the morning. >> it's torture. >> reporter: for most of us, independence day was a chance to chill out with a cookout or kick back at a parade. in phoenix, it may not have been as hot as a fire cracker, but it was 100 degrees. in amhertz, new hampshire, residential hopeful mit romney was hoping to pick up some votes. >> happy 4th. >> reporter: john huntsman was literally running to the white house. participants in the peach tree road race were trying to survive 10 kilometers, an endurance test, but nothing like the hot-dog eating contest on coney island. in dallas, american warriors got a hearty welcome home. and in afghanistan, a group of american soldiers took this day to reenlist. general david petraeus is about to become the next cia director, and was there to say goodbye and thanks. >>

nbc bay area's brian mooar has that story from washington. >> reporter: july fourth at the beach.s there any better way to celebrate america's birthday? yes, actually, there is if you live in connecticut where beach bound traffic jams started before dawn. >> i know we've been here since 5:00 in the morning gl it's torture. >> reporter: for most of us, independence day was a chance to chill out with a cookout or kick back at a parade. in phoenix, it may not have been as hot as a firecracker, but it was 100 degrees. in am hurst, new hampshire, presidential hopeful mitt romney was trying to pick up votes. fellow republican jon huntsman was literally running for the white house. in atlanta participants in the peach tree road race were trying to survive ten kilometers. an endurance test. nothing like nathan's hotdog eating contest on coney island. at d/fw airport in dallas american warriors got a hearty welcome home. and in afghanistan a group of american soldiers took this day to re-enlist. general david petraeus is about to become the next cia director and was there to say good-bye a

the brian mooar has the latest. >> reporter: u.s. employment virtually stalled last month, a net growth of just 18,000 jobs. that nudged the unemployment rate to 9.2%, and raises some serious recovery concerns. >> our economy, as a whole, just isn't producing nearly enough jobs for everybody who is looking. >> reporter: president obama blamed economic headwinds, natural disasters, sky-high gas prices and government budget cuts that slashed 39,000 jobs. despite an early-morning rain in louisville, kentucky, people began lining up before dawn to apply for one of 1,800 jobs at a retooled ford plant. >> opportunities like this don't come around this often in this type of economy, so i had had to be here early. >> reporter: while the economy added 6,000 manufacturing jobs in june, that's a drop in a very big bucket. >> any way you cut this data, it's lousy. >> reporter: the president called congressional leaders back to the white house on sunday to break the stalemate over the debt ceiling and government spending. democrats and republican

nbc's brian mooar has the details for us in washington. brian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. before we can get to that grand bargain, there has to be some horse trading here on capitol hill today. the senate is going to vote on something called cut, cap and balance, which is a constitutional balance budget amendment. it is not expected to pass, but it is an important hurdle to get republicans, especially tea party house republicans, on board with any other compromise. president obama has been working behind the scenes with house speaker john boehner, each trying to bring the outer edges of his party trying a little closer to the center to try to get some compromise. especially the kind that's being worked on by the so-called gang of six bipartisan senators, but the white house says that this is d-day, that a deal essentially has to be in place today in order for congress to get a vote by august 2nd. lynn? >> brian, thanks so much. and last night on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, lawrence asked howard dean about th

brian mooar reports. >> reporter: u.s. employment virtually stalled last month. a net growth of just 18,000 jobs. that nudged the unemployment rate to 9.2% and raises some serious recovery concerns. >> our economy as a whole just isn't producing nearly enough jobs for everybody who is looking. >> reporter: president obama blamed economic headwinds, natural disasters, sky-high gas prices and government budget cuts that slashed 39,000 jobs. despite an early-morning rain in louisville, kentucky, people began lining up before dawn to apply for 1 of 1,800 jobs at a retooled ford plant. >> opportunities like this don't come around that often in this type of economy. i had been to be here early. >> reporter: while the economy added 16,000 manufacturing jobs in june, that's a drop in a very big bucket. >> any way you cut this data, it's lousy. >> reporter: the president called congressional leaders back to the white house on sunday to break the stalemate over the debt ceiling and government spending. democrats and republicans are united on one point. they don't like what

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brian mooar has the latest. >> reporter: president obama was unusually blunt. he said that raising the debt ceiling should not be used as a gun against the heads of the american people. going into this meeting each side has firm demands, but already the path to a comp myself seems to be opening up. republicans are signalling that they may be willing to consider what has been a sticking point basically killing off some stacks loopholes. house majority leader eric cantor says he could be willing to consider that or at least talk about it in terms of the bigger compromise. congress has just a couple of weeks now to get that debt ceiling raised or risk running -- risk maxing out uncle sam's credit card, and going into today's meeting there will be a lot of people in the room, but really this comes down to president obama and house speaker john boehner and their ability to sell any deal to members of their party. veronica. >> brian, thank you. >>> tragedy struck at yellowstone national park whether a man hiking with his wife was mauled to death by a grizzly. the fir

brian mooar with that report. ♪ >> reporter: july 4th at the beach.s there any better way to celebrate america's birthday? yes, actually, there is. if you live in connecticut where beach-bound traffic jams started before dawn. >> i know we have been here since 5:00 in the morning. >> torture. >> reporter: for most of us shall independence day was a chance to chill out with a cookout or kick back with a parade. in phoenix, it may not have been as hot as a fire cracker, but it was 100 degrees. in amhertz, new hampshire, residential hopeful mitt romney was trying to pick up some votes. >> happy 4th. >> reporter: republican jon huntsman was literally running for the white house. in atlanta, participants in the peach tree road race trying to survive 10 kilometers, an endurance contest, but nothing like the hot dog eating contest on coney island. american warriors got a hearty welcome home. in afghanistan, a group of american soldiers took this day to reenlist. america's 235th birthday. a day to stand up and be proud, even if you're sitting down. brian mooa

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> local governments throughout the bay area are cracking down on payday loans. the loans that can carry annual interest rates as high as 459%. according to the silicon valley community foundation, an average borrower pays $500 in interest on a $300 loan. the city council passed a moratorium prohibiting new pay day loan stores from opening. >>> if your saturday night plans take you through the south bay on highway 101, you may be rerouted. at midnight, drivers will be detoured on to surface streets. crews ll work on the shutdown highway until it reopens at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. same story sunday night, except the work will stop around 5:00 monday morning in time for the morning commute. the construction is aimed at easing congestion, the work has been going on since thursday night. >>> next at 6:00, a hollywood starlet best known for her work with james bond dies. details coming up. >>> the investigation into the sudden death of a well known pop star. >>> and geico saving you money, but only because the state ordered them to do so. exewl 'lpla

we go to brian mooar. he's in washington for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the one thing president obama said he would not do is sign a short-term deal. but now the white house is signaling that he may do just that because time is running out. congress has to hammer out some kind of plan before that august 2nd deadline, but getting a deal done, written up and voted on is going to take some time. so president obama is now saying that he will basically sign off on something that could delay a debt ceiling raising for a couple of days, but not much more than that. the so-called gang of six, the bipartisan group of senators, is working feverishly to get a plan together and to get people on board. it looks like right now they're headed in the right direction toward a big plan, exactly what the president wanted. lynn? >> brian, thanks so much. well, last night on "chris matthews," chris asked gang of six senators, mark warner what sets their deficit reduction plan apart from other proposals put forth by republicans? >> this is the first time we've seen a bipartisa

brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> here is your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. a violent thunderstorm tore through washington, d.c., yesterday where a 56-year-old cyclist was killed by a falling tree limb. at one point in the afternoon police cleared spectators off the capitol's west lawn where preparations for today's big independence day concert were under way. fortunately the weather cleared up in time for the evening rehearsal. >>> elsewhere across the country, several cities held their fourth of july fireworks display a day early. sparks flew at the annual red, white and blue festival in florida. crowds in kansas city and columbus, ohio, took in an equally awesome spectacle of color. >>> in los angeles, experts were busy setting up what they say will be the fastest firing display in town. the hour-long show at l.a.'s coliseum will light up the sky with 2,000 aerial shows and 8,100 bombardment effects for a truly spectacular pyrotechnics display. >>> thousands of people in seattle took to the streets for an unusual independence day p tradition

brian mooar joins us with more from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the white house says it is confident congress will meet that august 2nd deadline but right now it's not clear how that will happen. today on capitol hill senator tom coburn unveils the biggest plan yet to break the stalemate. >> i wouldn't expect it to pass but i would expect people to look at it. >> reporter: he's taking aim on $9 trillion in government cuts. >> pick half of them. half of them. >> reporter: it's one of several competing republican efforts to beat the august 2nd deadline to raise uncle sam's credit limit. mitch mcconnell is crafting what looks like the leading contender, but critics say it may be too much of a compromise. >> mcconnell plan doesn't have 218 republican votes, no way. >> it says we the congress will not take responsibility or accountability for our own decisions. >> reporter: before moving forward, the tea party is getting a vote on a balanced budget amendment. >> so, the real deal to limit spending and get us in balance would be an amendment to our cons

because it will take time to analyze any deal and sell it to skeptical lawmakers, in washington, brian mooar, news 4. >>> hundreds of thousands of people packed the mall to watch the fireworks. pyro shows designed the big fireworks display. >> up in new york city the show was billed as the largest display in america. the 35th annual macy's july 4th fireworks. the fireworks were synchronized to a 25 minute musical tribute. more than 40,000 fireworks were used in the program. that was impressive. >> and our show was quite good itself. >> our show's always great. >> i think ours was about a half hour long. >> it was. >> you want it longer? >> no, i'd like to see a half hour grand finale. not just yay, yay. just do them all at once for a half hour. >> could we stand that? >> yes, we could do it. how about a 15 minute grand finale. >> that sounds like a great idea. >> we have to give you kudos. >> oh, yeah? >> the weather was great. >> thank goodness. i did hear of win fireworks display that was cut short, down toward tacoma park. but everybody else was okay. that was only a quick shower that cam

today in the bay's brian mooar is live in washington with how negotiations are going. e they going, brian? >> you know, marla, another day, another debate here in washington. the white house says it is confident that congress will neat august 2 deadline. how that's going to happen no one can say. the path is very unclear. we do know that one thing that will have to be gotten out of the way first is a vote. really symbolic more than anything on a balanced budget amendment which is demanded by the more conservative republicans, the members of the tea party faction. they really want to be able to walk away from this process saying in good faith that we tried to balance the budget, we tried to make it a constitutional issue. so, democrats say that's not going to solve the problem but have at it. and the question everyone's asking is what comes next? marla. >> thank you. 5:44. police think they know who killed a young mother and set her body on fire in an oakland neighborhood last week. officers say they have a person of interest in the murder of 21-year-old monica rodas-alf

brian mooar has news of the plan affecting millions of customers. >> reporter: it's really not any coincidencerun away success of the iphone and other smart phones are chewing up data, causing a lot of difficulties for verizon, at&t and the other phone companies as they try to build out to these next generation systems. somebody's got to pay for it. we start gobbling up more data it's going to be us. so beginning today and going forward, the new accounts, verizon is going to charge for goinging over the data cap. you can buy more. it will warn people as they get close to the limit. it says that basically 95% of its customers right now do not go over the 2 gigabyte cap. we can tell our grand children some day we remember something called unlimited data back in the good old days. >> i thought you were going to say we remember roaming charges. >> those will never go away. >> thank you. 6:45. this morning oakland's budget hangs in the balance as the police officers vote on a new contract. officers have until noon to turn in their ballot. the new deal could save 65 million over the next three years

brian mooar is live in washington. he joins us with the details. >> reporter: we are expecting a major milestone later today when secretary of defense leon panetta and mike mullen meet with president obama. news reports are that they are going to certify that "don't ask, don't tell," law of the land for the last 17 years, can be repealed without harming u.s. security. when president obama signs off on that, that starts a 60-day countdown clock toward the final repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." so, if everything happened today, that means "don't ask, don't tell" would be gone sometime in late september. the court challenges of course would end up being moot. the pentagon would be prohibited from doing anything to investigate or discipline soldiers in the military from talking about being gay, but there are still some issues that will have to be worked out that may go way beyond september, specifically benefits for same-sex couples. back to you. >> thank you so much, brian. this morning san francisco police are looking

"today in the bay's" brian mooar is live in washington where that could change later this week.d morning. >> reporter: looks like president obama is going to have to give a little to get what he wants. he said all along he would not sign off on a temporary extension, temporary raising of the debt limit but he may have to do that. one reason is it looks like legislation even if it gets hammered out today is not going to be ready to be voted on in time, and there's a lot of salesmanship that will have to go on between now and any successful vote on raising the debt ceiling. the white house says it will sign off on a temporary extension. by temporary they say they are talking a couple of days. riding to the rescue apparently hopefully is the so-called gang of six. a bipartisan group of senators who have what looks like it's going to be the the blueprint for any plan going forward. they say that it is a big deal, some $4 trillion in cuts, something that hopefully should be able to be sellable to the tea party republicans in the house who really want something in exchange for raising

brian mooar is live in washington with more. i remember loving getting new crayons. >> reporter: and laura, it's a couple years before the little cannons go off to school. school bells are going to start ringing and then the cash register too. a little beforehand. $69 billion, that's what the national retail federation is expecting will be spent this year. and that after many, many parents say that they are going to spend a lot less this year. but it will be the second biggest shopping season of the year, second only to christmas. a lot of parents are going to try to save by buying generic, you know the store brands, online or sales. half of parents say they try to get their stuff through a sale. but let's look at k-12 spending. really, about $604 on average. but in the southwest, especially california, we're talking about clothing and shoes, $345, supplies, $101, electronics, $239. for the total of just under $687. i got to say, a little troubling for the folks in cupertino. i do not see an ipad on there. i think we can throw a