. >> i think it would be more like, dah, dah, dah.ng like right now. >> let me ask you about the eugene robinson approach to the big problem. in your column on monday, you said republicans are right, we shouldn't raise taxes in a recession. democrats are right we should not cut spending in a recession. so what is the eugene robinson plan to make everybody get along here? >> well, not make the economy worse, first of all, because we are trying to get out of a recession. it seems to me insane to make the economy worse, which i think, you know, cutting spending the way the republicans want to do would make the economy a lot worse. raising taxes like the democrats would do might make the economy a little worse. who wants to make it any worse? let's not do it now. what they need to do is agree on some deficit caps down the road, in the year 2013, the deficit will be capped at x percent of gdp, and in 2014 a slightly smaller percentage. it will decrease as time goes on. and now what that means is that then we'll have to have a fight over ho

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to show you on the radar loop over the next 24 hours, it says showers and thunderstorms near never dah. we'll have to keep -- nevada. we'll have to keep an eye on that. this the heat and circulation that will draw up a few clouds and possibly some thunderstorms to the south. that would be for friday night into saturday. for us, we'll continue to pick up just a few high clouds and the warming trend will continue for friday and saturday. here is our forecast model, the clouds pulling back to near the coastline and regrouping. this could be dense fog late tonight into early tomorrow morning as we head into thursday morning around 6:00, 7:00. >>> today's forecast is this -- 4:00, 60 to 92. we'll call it warm inland. by 7:00, some patchy coastal fog. upper 50, 60s, to the mid-70s and patchy fog by 10:00 this evening that will be on the increase. warmest locations around 90 degrees, out towards antioch and brentwood. oakland, 74. san francisco, in the upper 60s. san jose, right around 83 and livermore 89 degrees. here's a look ahead at your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view

. ♪ zip-a-dee-doo-dah zip-a-dee-ay my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ >> reporter: the president wan a grandgain that would raise the nation's credit limit and cut the deficit with 4 trillion in spending cuts and tax code changes. john hendren, abc news, washington. >>> new developments in the other tense talking. could this finally be the day that the nfl's lockout comes to an end? the owners have already approved a new tentative ten-year deal, but the players have not signed off on that agreement just yet, and their union chief says there's no final agreement. if they approve it, team facilities would open tomorrow. one game that was already canceled, and that's the hall of fame game, which traditionalall opens the preseason. >>> upstate new york, another tour bus crash overnight. we are still getting information on this, but we know that a bus full of people was rear ended by a tractor trailer. as many as 20 ambulances and 4 medical choppers were sent to the scene. we'll keep tracking the story. >>> in suburban chicagagtwo women are dead after an accident involving a commuter train and a

. >>> police in orrin dah trying to spread the -- eye rin dah trying to spread -- orinda trying to spreadt break-ins. 24 man is trying to use a steelen atm card. burglars flock on the doors to see if anybody is home. if someone answer, they pretend to be making a delivery to an unknown neighbor. the police are advising residents to be vigilant. >>> there is now a $100,000 reward in the search for michelle le. she was last seen 46 days ago at kaiser's hayward medical center. hayward police are investigating this as a homicide. they are also organizing two search parties this coming friday and saturday. an autistic boy was renight -- was rentedded with his family -- was reunited with his family. friends and family quickly made fliers and began searching the neighborhood. we were there with the news that garza had been found. >> oh, my god. oh, thank you. >> police say surveillance video from a nearby greyhound bus station showed garza buying a ticket to hollywood. his family said he wanted to a meet -- to meet his favorite tv shows. he was pictured 7 by the los angeles police department whe

. >> zipity do-dah of >> the speaker walks out and lights up a cigarette and chain smokes it because he knows the guy behind him is trying to take away his job. >> my, oh, my, what a wonderful day. >> the speaker of the house tries the impossible. educating tea party republicans about the meaning of default. >> one-quarter of the entire house of representatives are freshmen. >> at the end of the day, we have a responsibility to act. >> almost toxic with some house republicans. >> a game of russian roulette. >> i'm sure we have some members who believe that. >> they're new. many of them have never served in public office before. >> congress is also feeling the heat. >> obviously, i'm not qualified to speak on behalf of the marks and what they will or will not do. >> republicans in congress are driving us towards the edge of a cliff. >> but facts and republicans parted ways a long time ago. >> a war on math. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> your issue is not the debt limit. >> texas is back on the debate over teaching evolution in public schools. >> and the heat inde

. ♪ zippity doo dah, zipty day ♪ my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ >> and one man who will have to voteplan is peter welsh who is a democrat from vermont, and i know you have a busy day, but speaker boehner reposinging happy tune, and we are hearing that we are close to a deal, but what are you hearing? >> well, we are hearing that there is such anxiety between the rank and file in the caucus is that the discussion has gone on with the highest levels of president and leadership and none of us know exactly what is in it. i talked to my republican colleagues and of course from their perspective, they are fearful that the cuts are not enough or that there may be revenues and of course, on the democratic side, we are pushing for a balanced approach where the revenues have to be part of it and the pentagon cuts have to be part of it. >> are you comfortable with the remoteness of those decisions made from you? >> not at all. one of the dilemmas is that we put ourselves up against the wall by doing something that we have never done in a serious way which is to link the major policy questions o

conference and then on the floor of the house, agitated and less than 24 hours after his zippity doo dah moment. >> president obama talks about being the adult in the room. where's his plan to cut spending and to raise the debt limit? >> but mr. speaker, our own polling found that a majority of the americans prefer the president's balanced approach to this looming crisis. is any relief in sight? apparently not, because the speaker was just as clear and perhaps more candid about his approach in a telephone conversation with rush limbaugh. >> rush, i'm trying to do what i taught my kids to do and the same thing my parents do, you do the right things for the right reasons, and good things will happen. >> spare the rod, spoil the child, mr. speaker, and isn't that more in line with president obama's approach? >> we can pass a balanced plan like this. it is not going to make everybody happy. in fact, it will make everybody somewhat unhappy, and the easiest thing for a politician to do is to give you more stuff and ask less in return. it is a lot harder to say, we have to cut back on what you

. >> zippity doo dah, zippity day, my, oh, my, what a wonderful day. >> the deadline is looming, and just four days left to raise the nation's debt limit and senate democrats pushing forward their plan to avoid default even as the house republicans plan to vote on their bill at some point presumably today. with chaos mounting and the clock ticking, the president reinserted himself in the debate today urging the american people to make their voices heard in the halls of congress. >> to all of the american people, keep it up. if you want to see a bipartisan compromise, a bill that can pass both houses of congress and that i can sign, let your members of congress know. make a phone call. send an e-mail. tweet. keep the pressure on washington. we can get past this. >> and call they did. flooding the congressional phone lines to near capacity, reiterating the president's call for compromise, and indeed, speaker boehner is hard at work wrangling a deal, but the only problem is that he is bargaining with his own tea party republicans. yes, the speaker and his lieutenants are engaged in hero

. >> ♪ zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a- dee-day... >> reporter: the speaker appeared in an upbeat mood, despitehe apparent lack of movement. >> woodruff: i spoke with two members of the bipartisan "gang of six" which has spent the better part of the past year trying to come up with a plan to tackle the debt. republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia and senate budget committee chairman kent conrad of north dakota joined me from capitol hill a short time ago. >> woodruff: senators, thank you very much for joining us. i want to ask both of you, today was filled with reports. first there was a deal, then there wasn't a deal. it was close. it wasn't close. senator conrad, do to you first, what do you hear? >> well, we had jack lu, the head of the office management and budget at the caucus today. he said there has been no agreement struck. i don't believe there has been one at this point. clearly there are active negotiations. we know that it's not been determined what the way forward is at this point. but i think at the end of the day it's going to have to be something very close in terms of de

in the newsroom i am dah linn with kron4 news. >> and richmond police say that it is more than likelyr shootings that occurred on sunday are connected. the one not say if there gang- related the they believe that two in the city of richmond and one in the unincorporated area of north richmond left three people dead and two wounded are linked. right now they have no suspects. in richmond, dan kerman with kron4 news. >> and oakland it was a noisy fourth of july for many residents, lights, smoke and loud explosions from illegal fireworks fill the oakland skies monday night to mark independence day. several videos are popping up on you to to show the fireworks being set off in the street. i spoke with many residents that said the noise was constant through the night and into the early morning hours. they also say it does not seem to be as much as the years passed. oakland police have not yet released official numbers of the arrest may be due to illegal fireworks. >> in san for cisco, a couple of pieces all of our were stolen from his art gallery in union scale it-- in union square. they s

zip-a-dee-doo-dah day. >> all of user here, and we'll be supporting the bill. >> that bill is not goingw the top bankers in the country are warning grave consequences ahead. little maddy mccann reportedly spotted in a remote part of the world. >>> and this area has gotten two feet of rain in two days. if only texas could get some of that. art imat a time life for a young tv actress, a mother there daughter spat from over everything from botox to custody. >>> and stop monkeying around. the news starts now. >>> welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin, a busy, busy thursday. i want to begin this hour with the way we ended the last, with a race to avert default. in the past hour, the house of representatives began debating this rescue plan, a plan being offered by the speaker of the house. listen. >> today is important, this freshman classes coming together to get around a proposal, get around an idea. is this as big as we wanted to go? heck no, we wanted to go bigger. we ran on going bigger, but this is the only proposal on the table that accomplishing the goals that we set out to do. >> let's go

. >> it's a zip-a-dee doo-dah day. >> i'vekidney stones easier to pass than this. >> cover the moon withnecting. >> not even a screening of a ben affleck bank robber movie could inspire the house to action this week. >> i need your help. i can't tell what you it is. you can never ask me about it later. >> perhaps not totally appropriate under the circumstances, but at least they didn't watch awe bounce" for heaven's sake. >> i have to go away for a little while. >> you can say you're sorry. >> i am sorry. >> in another week dominated by mud fighting politicians, it was comforting to know there remains at least one hero among us. >> i put on my underwear and ran down the hall. ÷@xf! >>> welcome back. mika what did you learn today? >> i deforewillie. we have no

. >>> it seemed likes a nice dah in washington. like 80 degrees and get up to 90 and sunny today. i don't know. a beautiful day here in new york. still very hot in other parts of the country, though. >> he is one of the stars of the super bowl the cute kid who played minidarth vader. remember the volkswagen commercial? it was so cute. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> i thought that was so -- >> it never grows old. everyone loved the commercial. it was usa. the boy behind the mask has a spirit that will knock you over. but he is also very sick. >> he went to washington to use a jedi mind troop in washington. >> reporter: as you may know, i've been following the story of little max page for some time. he is a crazy, cute kid. you saw him as a minute i didn't darth vader there. he also was born with a heart condition. he had eight operations over six years and while in the hospital, he met a lot of kids like him. kids who required care and specialty hospitals and children's hospitals. he also met kids who were dependent in part on medicaid to get