canton is an expert wind surfer with 20 years of experience. she's wind surfed all around the world. she was however undergoing chemotherapy. so officials were quite concerned about her strength. she did have a hand held radio, a blue helmet and an orange board with a red sail. coming up later we're going to tell you where they were searching on land for canton. live in foster city, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time 4:32. this morning arson investigators are still on the scene of a suspicious overnight fire in vallejo caused major damage to an abandoned home on star avenue. old clothes and other items left in the home fueled the flames. investigators are calling the fire suspicious due mostly to the fact it's an abandoned home and the time the fire broke out. ktvu's paul chambers will have a live report from vallejo coming up in a half hour. >>> san francisco's police chief will host a town hall meeting in the bay view district tomorrow as tensions mount over a deadly police shooting. officers shot and killed 19- year-old on saturday

>> yeah, canton, ohio. his wife was, throughout her adult life had been a bit of an invalid and subject to all sorts of attacks and seizures. they kind of felt like they needed to get her to canton where she could relax. she was making quite good progress. so they came to the fair just really at the end of their summer vacation. >> where did he stay in the buffalo area? >> he stayed at the home of the organizer of fair, the millburn house, it was called. apparently it was a beautiful house, on delaware street in buffalo. beautiful stately streets. mckinley enjoyed just going up and down the streets for walks. he was staying at his private home, attending the fair, and then back to the private residence. >> where did czolgosz stay? >> he was at a hotel, a kind of boardinghouse. i think he introduced himself as fred niemann there. the people in the hotel thought he was a curious guy. he would degree during the day. nobody really knew where. he didn't interact with the people around the hotel bar. once he was

>> he took a train from canton, where he had spent the summer. >> ohio. >> yes, canton, ohio. his wife was, throughout her adult life had been, a bit of an invalid and was subject to all sorts of attacks and seizures, and it kind of felt like they needed to get her to canton where she could relax. and she was making quite good progress. so, they came to the fair just really at the end of their summer vacation. >> where did he stay in the buffalo area? >> he stayed at the home of the organizer of the fair -- the milburn house, it was called -- which apparently was a beautiful house. it was on delaware street in buffalo, a beautiful, stately street. and mckinley enjoyed just going out for walks up and down the streets underneath the shade trees. and so, he was just staying at this private home, attending the fair, and then going back to a private residence. >> where did czolgosz stay? >> he was staying at a hotel -- it was kind of a boarding house -- and gave a different name. i think he introduced himself as fred nieman there. and the people in the hotel kind of thought he was

. >>> in canton, ohio, some residents are demanding a suspended police officer be fired. dashcam video you're about to see appears to show the officer threatening to shoot people during traffic stops. here's eric mansfield of wkyc. >> some two steps back, pulled my glock 40 and just put ten bullets in your [ bleep ]. >> it was posted one week ago. already it's an online must see. canton police officer daniel har lis berating a driver who appears to be trying to show him his concealed carry license so har lis would know he was armed. >> i'm so close to caving in your [ bleep ] head. >> now comes a second video. >> i'll kill every one of you [ bleep ]. >> this one from a year ago. >> i'm telling you what [ bleep ], i will shoot you in the face and go to sleep tonight. >> as har lis's temper again flairs while instructing two people in the back seat of a car during a traffic stop for suspected drunk driving. >> it looks like we're seeing repeat behavior. it's a disturbing pattern. >> phillip mulivor is with a group calling for har lis's job. >> in both cases, this officer's

i have to get this in -- this came in from the canton police department.hey say, the statement from the canton police department says, "the officer was relieved of duty and has not worked since the incident. it is being fully investigated." again, that's -- >> he's being paid -- on paid administrative leave. when you have two videos like this, don, what more evidence do you need? seriously? this is a big problem, and it's going to come back to bite them if they don't dismiss him altogether. >> thank you. >>> this is some of the tornado devastation from joplin, missouri, justi two months ago. next we'll talk with one of the first people on the scene who reported for us, a local resident, bethany scoody, right after the break. >>> first, choosing a college, it is a big decision, and to help make it many families turn to "u.s. news and world report," their annual rankings of the best schools. our education contributor, steve perry, looks at how the rankings are created and whether they're actually hurting higher education. ♪ >>> rankings didn't really matter

canton, 91 and into anne arundel county. you'll hit 92 before the storms change in the afternoon. most of the activity is to the south. you can see the boundary pushing in. you're optimistic we'll get storms tomorrow. take a little bit of rain, that's an inch behind the annual rainfall. the future caster is showing little overnight tonight. there it is tomorrow. we'll get popup showers and storms. then, into friday, we'll get isolated showers. overnight, 72 and warm and balmy. tomorrow, a 2-degree guarantee of 90. though, the early part of the day should be dry. the seven-day forecast, things are summer like. the weekend looks dry. it will be hot. it's july in maryland and baltimore, we know it's hot. >> i know you've been concentrating on the local front, what about the shuttle. >>> they get the sea breeze off of the atlantic and the coast. >>> the count down is on. the shuttle could be delayed because of the weather. the forecast for the scheduled launch is heading downhill. as wyatt said. the forecasters say there's a 70% chance of rain and that could scrub the launch. that's w

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cecil canton, a former new york stay commissioner says he's surprised the agent allowed garrido to give him the tour instead of taking control and searching the house and the property himself. >> there is no place on that property that's off limits to that parole agent. >> why not? >> because that parolee has no particular -- >> canton says the parole agents didn't show much curiosity of what was going on in the house. that's how they were able to keep jaycee in the backyard for almost are 18 years. all of those details now in her new memoir. the agent also says he got annoyed at the garridos' questions and wanted to get out of the house. as we mentioned, her memoir "a stolen life" hit bookshelves today. it's selling fast. we went to a barnes & noble to get reaction to what is a really disturbing and yet uplifting book. >> i think there was only like one book left. >> reporter: one book, 18 years in the making, a book about the abduction, sexual slavery and captivity of an 11-year-old girl. but a book also about hope, perseverance and the human spirit. a tragic story with a happy ending

in october 19 zero one, smallpox broke out in canton, which was then a prosperous international city of 76,000 souls. the trouble started with 18 -- eight year old kid to go with smallpox, followed closely by her father and all seven of her brothers and sisters. somehow her mother was not affected. she must've had smallpox at another time for been vaccinated. i can only feel for her. there's nothing about her in the record but i can only fuel for being the only one in the house capable of taking care of all the others. in the middle of the night, pearls father awoke. in his delirium he bumped a table which knocked over a kerosene lamp. the ensuing blaze burned the house to the ground, but not before they got out and hundreds of neighbors rushed to the scene. halt of course were exposed to smallpox. with this improbable change of events, the chicago fire of 1871, the smallpox epidemic of 1901 began. can't and city officials jumped to action. they set up a municipal test house and the board of education announced all public school children must be vaccinated immediately. but what did t

north and back builds, reaches down through dundock and extending further into the harbor itself in canton, etcetera. it will continue to push south, cross over the key bridge. and you could be in the southern edge of this storm, so it's an unusual pattern, but these summer storms, when they pop up, you could see the original or gin of the storm was up further north, but again that storm just sort of back filling inward. we'll continue to monitor this. if you are in the city, in points south of the city toward glenn bernie. you're going to see a lot of lightning and hail out of this storm and almost impossible trip up i-95 and 40 now as you go up north and east. real rough travels in that direction. all right, here it is for you. flash flood warning continues for hartford county. flooding in low lying areas. severe thunderstorm warning for baltimore city. see it coming down the roads. 90 right now. that's helping fuel some of the storms and i want to take a look at different cameras here. this is the city itself. see things getting awfully wet. now watch as we put the skies in motion over

like almost 90 still in the inner harbor, feels closer to 80 in annapolis, take a look closer in, canton about 91, 90locust point, further south low to mid-90s across most of the county, look for 92 shady side, chances for pop up showers and storms by tomorrow afternoon. before tonight all the activity has been south of us, most of the day, lower eastern shore had little bit of rain, now you see all the storms pushing off shore and as we take a little broader perspective the bottom line is quiet for now, overnight first half of the day tomorrow but new boundary pushing out of the northwest. this won't cool us down. it may drop us five or six degrees on friday, maybe mid80s but what it'll do this boundary wedges into maryland tomorrow and that combined the humidity that's in place will probably fuel showers and storms and we could use another inch or so of rain. optimistic we may see at least some shower activity out of the north and west hit places like carroll first and then if they hold up they could work into baltimore and the eastern shore later and then friday looks like hit and mis

plunging 40 feet down a well. 3-year-old dylan mccoy fell through the well near the family home near canton. he managed to stay afloat in ten feet of water. as his dad climbed down to save him. >> i just told him to calm down. it's going to be allllight. that daddy's coming. stop crying. it's going to be okay. >> my heart was down there with him. i didn't know what to do. i didn't know what to think. >> now father and son both ended up stuck at the bottom of the well. then firefighters came to the rescue. luckily dydyn learned to swim this summer. >> rest and recovery on the agenda for riders of the tour de france, after a grueling day that saw many bruised. the world class cyclists are ready for anything but maybe not this. being hit by a car. he was sent flying by a tv car. he falls off his bike, tumbling into a barbed wire fence. both riders did manage to finish the race. >> team usa celebrating an e ec victory at the women's world cup in germany. they delivered a stinging defeat to brazil. in an action-packed quarterfinal match. now they're setting their sights on the french. bob holtzm

of unused open championship gets underway in canton england today with the first place taking off in just under an hour's time u.s. open winner what rory mcilroy is aiming for a second straight major while there are also some big names missing from this year's tournament as constantine but top of reports the highest paid professional athlete in the world to get awards is still the biggest name in golf however the fourteen time major winner will miss the all been due to trouble some left leg injury the thirty five year old quest to equal and best origin to reject nicolas total of eighteen on the big barrier for now but have tired guess yourself back. tiger went again and he went he went quite a bit again and you know where i broke my record probably injury also ruling for muslim bent out of goals oldest major in the most bizarre circumstances the forty two year old became the second local quit to win the french open at the start of the month and broke his leg after jumping in a lake to celebrate his victory phil mickelson and lee westwood i remember top contenders as usual but builth

universal service fund to help pay down the deficit industry officials told majority leader eric canton circulated a slide that contain cuts and savings proposed in talks with vice president joe biden, including between $20 billion and $25 billion end quote spectrum usf savings and come from spectrum auctions. >> right. that's a lot of concepts there. i haven't been briefed by members of congress on this. again, congress tells us what to do, not the other way around. there are a lot of other issues about universal service, perhaps several hundred million in incorrect payments over the years and $ 900 million surplus, some accounts don't like it call it a surplus. i don't know what leader cantor is thinking in which portion of the fund might be used for that. obvious we have statutory obligation of the mission to help subsidize from low income people as well. >> amy schatz. >> if they are talking about using usf for reduction, is that for companies to currently get this, or will you see a rise in the contribution. the folks are paying this every month in the phone bill might have to star

officer in ohio is in trouble for the way he behaved during a traffic stop it happened last month in canton a look at the-camera video released by a gun rights group. >> you were supposed to say that off the d ### >> i should have put 10 bullets in your * * and let you drop. and he would've been a witness as i execute you because you are stupid. >> he must now realize the could hear him, he is on leave. the police chief said that the behavior is not acceptable and the officer is under investigation. in miami gardens florida workers repairing a security camera 30 ft. in the air were trapped for a while when the cherry picker caught fire in appears that the eighth ira--they hit a power line and started a fire. the crew was shaken they suffer some shocks, but they're expected to be ok. after the break will tell you what everyone is doing out here gathering at open square. stay with us. >> and the giants' catcher buster posey has cleared another hurdle he has the screws removed from his surgically repaired left ankle. he is weeks away from being able to put weight on his leg. he tore three liga

we will turn to canton, ohio, where some people are demanding a suspended officer be fired.ent because you will see dash cam video that appears to show this officer threatening to shoot people during traffic stops. eric mansfield of our affiliate has the story. >> reporter: it was posted one week ago and already it's an online must see. he was berated a driver that appears to be showing him his license. this one from a year ago. his temper again flares while instructing two people in the back of a car after a traffic stop for drunk driving. >> it's repeated behavior and a disturbing matter. >> in both cases, this officer's behavior is entirely egregious, he needs to be removed at once. >> in both cases, the officer is encountering a gun in the traffic stop. now it's up to police brass to determine what is acceptable. >> that was our affiliate, wkyc. the police department did release a statement and it says, quote, the officer was relieved of duty and has not worked since the incident. it is being fully investigated. >>> ten minutes until the top of the hour now. the answer t

the first game of the preseason, which was going to be in canton, ohio, the hall of fame game. that appears to be the only casualty of this lockout. so, players will be able to start going back to their stadiums, going back to work tuesday, wednesday. they report for training camp this weekend. >> so, are you saying the ink is dry? i mean, it's definitely -- all the details have been hammered out? done deal for sure? >> what we're being told is that the vote today by the players is being looked at largely as a formality, suggesting that the terms have been agreed on and they're ready to play some football. >> got it. david mattingly, appreciate it. thanks for calling in. that happens within the last 60 seconds. >>> also, we're getting word that the check-in and the ticketing area at american airlines at jfk, that area has been locked down while an investigation is going on into a suspicious package. the bomb squad apparently is on the scene, investigating this unattended bag at the entrance of that terminal. american airlines and the port authority of new york and new jersey ha

. >> you mentioned earlier the value of the presidential library in canton, ohio. if you had to name something else that made the most impact on you as you went about finding this information, what would you say it is? >> the massachusetts historical society has papers that were prepared -- the psychologist who had studied the life of czolgosz. they had papers on file, and they were very helpful in tracking that down. there were a lot of things before i did this book that influenced me. there is a section about anarchist's, and that was probably the first time i had heard of this philosophy as it pertains to actual practice in the 1887 1890's. >> how much has been wrong about what has been written about the assassination itself? >> i think it has generally been fairly correct. it was difficult at the time picks there was probably a lot of misinformation got off the bat that was eventually sorted out. newspapers were rushing to get to print and there were varying accounts of what happened, who had done what. the trial itself help clear that up a little bit. hisably

the hall of fame game which had been scheduled to be played in canton, ohio on august 2. >>> and a new poll today showing former massachusetts governor mitt romney leading the pack in the republican presidential race. among the candidates, he is ahead, with michelle bachman second, and sarah palin is third, followed by former new york mayor, rudy giuliani. and a look at president obama's look at global trade. but instead it involves an ohio machine manufacturer. >> we have what the obama administration is not helping to expand, they are not creating the atmosphere to allow us to create new jobs. >> the ad claims president obama went back on a promise to help. one spokesperson said the president needs to fight certain steps by china and promote u.s. business. and mitt romney made a campaign appearance at the ohio plant today, promising he would help to fight free trade for american businesses. he received a key endorsement from the former ohio governor. >>> and sarah palin may not have declared being a candidate, but she reportedly is heading for iowa, the site of the first presidential

president obama's meeting at the white house with john boehner and eric canton, but house republicans still refuse to budge on any deal to raise the debt limit. they're saying no to the president. they're saying no to the game of six senators. they are even saying no to mitch mcconnell's plan b. today one democratic senator add new word for the tea party's extremism. the cult fringe. >> the debate and fight is not between the democrats and republicans. it is between senate republicans and they are sort of cult fringe as i refer to them, dead beat debtors is what they are. >> joining me is congressman tom reid, first term republican from new york state. congressman, you guys a cult? >> oh, well first of all, thank you very much for the opportunity to be on here tonight with you mr. sharpton. >> thank you. >> what i would say is, no. we are serious as the freshman class member of the house of representatives, we are serious about getting our fiscal house in order so we can get this american economy going and bring certainty and confidence back it america and to the private sector. >> as

we are hearing that boehner went to the white house sunday with eric canton, talked to the president.st playing to the extremists with the theatrics tomorrow and they have already thrown in the towel? what's going on, matt? your side of the aisle here. >> i don't think so. i think this is part of democra democracy. i think it will cut cap and balance. if the senate passes it, he will see if barack obama vetoes raising the debt limit. if the senate rejects it, i think both sides in a way will benefit. both sides appease their base and they can compromise. i don't think any compromise will involve raising taxes but i do think there may be middle ground and hopefully we can raise the debt ceiling and also cut spending which i think is the perfect solution. >> dr. dyson, people are out looking at us right now, worried about their social security. worried about their medical care, with medicaid and medicare. i mean, while we're going through owl of these appeasing different political sides, what about the people and where will this end up at the end of the day in terms of the real needs of

. >> we left about 2:00, from canton, ohio, and it's been pretty -- we drove through the night, so the traffic was pretty good coming throughout the night. it picked up a little bit when we got right in front of the bridge and everything, but it's going pretty well right now. >> reporter: and if you haven't left yet and you're one of those people who can just not stand to sit in traffic, here's the advice. hold off, don't leave now, go some time after 10:00 p.m. tonight. that's when they expect things to settle down a bit. if you're leaving tomorrow, the advice is to leave before 7:00 in the morning, because things are going to really get going early tomorrow. eun, back to you. >> it's the mad rush to beat the rush, megan mcgrath live at the bay bridge, megan, thank you. here's a live look at i-95 near the fairfax county parkway. drivers trying to get a head start on the long weekend may be heading to some of the beaches down south. for those heading there later, watch your speeds. virginia state police will have extra troopers patrolling the highways to try to cut down on accidents du

. >> mar lean cox, canton, ohio, that was beautifully said. this is a live special edition of "your money" with your voice and your tweets. joe johns and athena jones are all over the debt ceiling debate. they're tracking the latest developments. joe, let's start with you on capitol hill. speaker boehner's bill was tabled by the senate last night. that means it's not going to get voted on. nothing is going to be done with it. so what is happening now? >> reporter: it's a tennis match really. as you know, the senate democratic leader harry reid has a bill he's trying to push through before tuesday. but meanwhile, the house of representatives controlled by republicans has jumped the gun. they've taken harry reid's bill. they're putting it on the floor. they're going to debate in about 40 minutes. and then it's going to be over with and presumably it's going to be down in flames. and so you ask, well, what's the reason for this? i talked to one senate house republican aide who told me, they're doing this to send a message to the senate that their

jake mccoy's 3-year-old son dylan fell 40 feet down a well at the family's home near canton. dylan managed to stay afloat in 10 feet of water while dad climbed down the slippery rock walls to rescue him. >> i told him to calm down, it's going to be all right, that daddy's coming, stop crying, it's going to be okay. >> my heart was down there with him. i didn't know what to do, i didn't know what to think. >> can you imagine, heart would be in your shoes you'd be so scared. father and son both ended up stuck in the bottom of the well so firefighters pulled the boy to safety and his dad was so worried about him that he climbed out on his own. the family says things could have turned out much differently but dylan just learned to swim this summer. a happy pair now that's for sure. >> might be time to fill in the well. >> i think that's a good idea. maybe a grate, good idea. >>> here is your monday forecast. stormy with hail and gusty winds from south dakota all the way to western pennsylvania. popup showers and thunderstorms for the gulf coast. much of florida and into atlanta.

early morning flight departed from akron and canton as scheduled. after the plane departed, the airport closed for three hours while first in a do work on restoring main power. your is a live look at the golden gate bridge. a little bit of a week although the fastrak only lanes seem to be moving pretty well. the weather looks terrific. in marin county, a warm spot. traffic cop spots in a minute. protesters arrested in san francisco after more than 100 people rallied against a shooting in the bayview district that killed a 19 year-old parolee from seattle. indeed, atms where damage, even a photographer was pushed down. the rangers now believe that too, possibly three hikers were killed when the or schweppeswept over a waterfall.e recovery effort to find the bodies is under way today. officials are not releasing the identity of the hikers at this point, until families have been notified. there were for more information to find the attacker a bryan still, the giants fan that was beaten and las angeles has now increased to $225,000. bryan stow has had a

. >> reporter: this video was obtained by a guns rights group in ohio, it's a canton police car pullinghind a parked car. this all caught on dash cam, lasted about 15 minutes. there is a driver in front, passenger in back. you see here this is the guy addressing the driver but that didn't happen until five minutes into the tape. for the first five minutes all they did was focus on the passenger in back who is now out of the car. the driver is carrying a concealed weapon. he's supposed to let police know right away that he has it. and it looks like he tried, but watch what happens next. >> your half a heartbeat from going to jail. you keep messing around. why do you keep having that. >> because i have a concealed weapon. >> you have a weapon on you. >> yeah. >> lock your hands behind your back. what is the first thing you're supposed to do. >> i was telling you this. sir. >> you're supposed to tell me you have a weapon. >> i was trying and you told -- >> you are supposed to say that right after the bat. bat. >> reporter: you see the driver apologizing saying he should have told him soone

rexford, montana drops down to 36 and the best weather anywhere in the country, canton, new york, sunshineeather, we dealt with a cold front yesterday, now offshore, high pressure fills in for your area, and i got to tell you, to a good portion of the u.s., from say the mississippi river east a good portion of that is just beautiful weather out there today. that's a quick look at the national picture. here how is a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> this whether segment sponsored by at&t. at&t, rethink possible. >> i got to tell you anywhere on the west coast, top to bottom beautiful weather for you as well. back over to you. >>> coming up next we are remembering betty ford, the former first lady who today we recall is someone who took the stigma out of addiction. we'll look at her enormous impact right here on "the early show" on cbs. that's helping people rethink how they live. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them

only thing the fans have missed is that hall of fame game, the first preseason game of the year in canton, ohio. they won't be able to make that one. if they get the agreement going and are able to get people back onto the field the way they expect to the regular season may not be in jeopardy. and that's when fans really start to get upset. >> all right. i know a lot of people are looking forward to the season. thank you very much, david. hope it all works out. >> we'll see. >>> here is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, should president obama forget congress and raise the debt limit on his own? carol costello, good to see you. >> good to see you. welcome back. >> thanks. amazing what a week can do for you. >> yeah. amazing what a week cannot do for washington. no debt ceiling deal. so, please. allow me to be crass. the popular topic on twitter this weekend was, fu, washington. i doubt you're shocked. after countless meetings between the president and lawmakers, half a dozen plans, there is still no debt ceiling deal. bottom line, house speake

we have an ireport from marie cox of north canton, ohio, an area you probably know.ering and show of disrespect between the different parties and the parties and the president and get down to business. let's get out of this mess that we're in regardless of who got us here and how it happened. >> i'm sure you get a lot of frustration -- >> not only do i hear her. i read a couple letters on the floor today. one from northern ohio and one from northeast ohio. same kind of sacrifice here. we should do what the senate is going to do and put this together. i didn't hear irene's last name. i would call her by that if i did. she's right. that's what we'll do in the next 24 hours. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator, offering a hopeful assessment that in the next few days the house and the senate can avert economic disaster. we're watching breaking news in the house. the process will move to the senate. much more coverage after this. 'w what i wanted to do. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mr. mccooey, and that click happened. i would never have even though

canton: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from utah. madam speaker, it is time -- mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from utah. madam speaker, it's time that we be clear with the american team -- american people. it's no choice but to cut spending and living within our means. contrary to what the gentleman on the other side continues to say, no one, no one wants to bring default onto our country. and with millions of americans out of work, we've got to focus on getting the economy growing again. we, as republicans, as the new majority in this house, as the gentleman from maryland knows, have put a plan on the table that ensures washington does not continue to spend money it doesn't have. house republicans have a plan to cut, cap and balance our way to prosperity. this commonsense legislation provides a straightforward plan to curb our massive debt and help our spending. the legislation before us would require, one, a balanced budget component, two, a supermajority requirement to raise taxes on the american people, and, three, a limit on spendin

canton: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from utah. madam speaker, it is time -- mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from utah. madam speaker, it's time that we be clear with the american team -- american people. it's no choice but to cut spending and living within our means. contrary to what the gentleman on the other side continues to say, no one, no one wants to bring default onto our country. and with millions of americans out of work, we've got to focus on getting the economy growing again. we, as republicans, as the new majority in this house, as the gentleman from maryland knows, have put a plan on the table that ensures washington does not continue to spend money it doesn't have. house republicans have a plan to cut, cap and balance our way to prosperity. this commonsense legislation provides a straightforward plan to curb our massive debt and help our spending. the legislation before us would require, one, a balanced budget component, two, a supermajority requirement to raise taxes on the american people, and, three, a limit on spendin

majority leader canton acknowledged and counting the savings towards the deficit reduction. cbo, closing down troops could save more than a trillion. we have given them basically everything they have asked for. $2.7 trillion. dollar for dollar, there's no revenues. it's hard. >> we're hearing information based on reports. >> no, in my caucus, somebody had an ipad. they read more stuff today. i don't have it. they read it just a short time ago. the rating agencies are nervous. in fact, it was a congressional hearing today. again, i don't have that. the person testifying today that the one thing the market demand is certainly, certainly debating this in is a few weeks is no certainty. >> yes? [inaudible question] >> that's an excellent question. we've tried. we've tried our best to have a trigger with some of the stuff that president obama worked on with the republicans. they worked on the trigger. they could never get there. because it would be so unfair, that the committee did not arrive at a positive conclusion. that's the trigger would be all -- that's really unfair. becau