i'll detail your forecast next. >> katie: thank you. also next, warriors get back to o track with david lee 'putting up an all-star number. larry beil has t good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> katie: good morning, we're coming up at 5:19. you are looking live at the golden gate bridge. rain not coming down too hard but it is in the 50s. there will be more rain and the gusty winds you have to be careful about. further south to san mateo, that is where things are even stormier at this hour. the storm is on the move. lisa argen going to have lots more details for you. >> we're looking at the heavy rain all around the bay. you noticed the gusty winds. thunderstorms moving on to the peninsula. if you head outsi

>> katie: another man treated the group to lunch. the group returns home on monday. >>> the university of california is putting a new twist on the graphic. the old logo is on the left and new one on the right. the older more traditional symbol will still appear on official documents but the new one that has letter "c" will appear on marking materials and websites. school says it wanted something more user friendly. a little change never hurt anybody, especially if the weather changes for the better. >> if you want that powder for the sierra nevada, we do have one opportunity for that. live look from sutro camera, plenty of sunshine and fog is improving in concord. elsewhere pretty foggy in the north bay and numbers responding to the sunshine. we'll talk about a sunny, mild weekend and warmer. >> katie: also next, happy homecoming for warriors, coach homecoming for warriors, coach mark jackson [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial f

we'll have your forecast in a few minutes. >> katie: welcome back.t 8:13, live doppler 7-hd, bearer of good news. we have been tracking the rain from the north bay to the south bay and now practically out of our area. light rain in the south bay. frances dinglasan will have the full forecast in just a little bit. track live doppler 7-hd on our website at abc7news.com. >>> this morning, former president george h.w. bush remains in the hospital in intensive care. the 88-year-old continues to improve and the 41st president is alert and always in good spirits. bush has been in the hospital since november 23rd. >> an outrage of a stomach virus aboard the queen mary ii is ruining hundreds of winter vacations. >> this morning, cdc is investigating mass outrages of stomach flu. nearly 200 passengers aboard queen mary ii reportedly vomiting and diarrhea, a bug believed to be the norovirus. they urged passengers to avoid the but fay. >> aboard another ship the emerald princess, another 194 taken ill. one of them sue hayes saying performances and staff were str

we'll check back with you in 30 minutes. >> katie: power outages because of the weather. here are the major ones according to pg&e, loyola along 280 has 21 customers without power that is due to two separate outages. scotts valley, nearly a 1,000 customers. they estimated the power could be restored around 10:00. lexington hills, two outages affecting 470 homes. san carlos, one outage with 348 customers, pg&e hopes to have those outages restored by 7:00 a.m. >>> first, a mudslide because of all the heavy rain, chp says the slide is blocking highway 128 in napa county, both directions are blocked. this is near rag canyon road. as we have been reporting all morning, both directions in highway 1 near olema is blocked. no estimated time for reopening of that road way. the weather has been causing problems all over the bay area. >> he stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple of hours ago it was pretty light so i thought i could make it through this time. >> reporter: unlike the trucks and suvs that made it across, th

i'm katie marzullo. it is 6:00 a.m. first quick look at the weather as we are in the middle of a big storm. >> lisa: we're talking about thunderstorms moving through parts of the south bay, heavy rain in san jose. here is a look at the east bay. right in between, we're looking at the light rain and heavier rain up in the north bay. let's take a look at live doppler. delta through vallejo, lucas valley road and very heavy rain into the south bay. right now. heart of the system bringing gusty winds from 20-50 miles an hour. with some of this heavy rain, looking at the lightning a, as well. authorities of sonoma, east of napa, american canyon out to vacaville, it's a nasty time of it. a little brit of break in san francisco and down through 280 and 101, you have nothing but light to moderate rain and into the east bay from walnut creek and heavier cell right here pushing out of richmond. watch out 580, you are looking at heavy rain right there. take a look at south bay, blossom hill road, san jose, almaden expressway, it i

. >> katie: the roads are certainly slippery out there. there is a severe traffic alert on northbound 280 before the 101. there is an injury accident there. we understand the two left lanes are blocked. if you are driving you are advised to avoid that area. no estimated time right now as to when the roadways reopen. this is north 280 before 101 due to an injury accident in the roadway. we don't know for sure whether or not that is weather-related but it's a decent guess. as lisa mentioned there is a flood warning in effect near the napa river and further south there is flood watches as water levels continued to rise. live in petaluma with one body of water as an example. >> reporter: good morning. i just wanted to mention, here it's been raining steadily for the last hour and a half here. just behind us, this was emptied on thursday. those heavy rains helped fill it. the light rains today are helping keep it full and it's happening all over sonoma county. take a look at video we have from guerneville where a dramatic change in river levels

all right, katie, i'm giving you the first whack at the ball.hat do republicans have to do to have their big comeback? >> i think that the republicans need to stop running boring moderates like john mccain and mitt romney or hypocritical preachers like rick santorum and newt gingrich, and instead run men and women of principle who are going to cut spending across the board, including military spending, and who are going to explain to independents and young people who tend to be very entrepreneurial and want to pursue the american dream, that by cutting spending and cutting regulations, they can be part of a party that's going to allow them to become the next steve jobs or the next mark zuckerberg. they can create wealth and they can keep that wealth here in the united states rather than having to move it overseas. and they can create jobs in the united states. >> cutting spending is all good. i'm a reagan free market supply side guy, but economic growth is important. wealth is important. entrepreneurship is important. doesn't the gop have to hav

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all right, katie. first of all, obama basically said in ten days we can get a deal, it sounds like a small deal, 250,000 is the middle class threshold after mr. boehner's plan "b" got defeated. is such a thing possible? or will we have to wait until the new year? >> we're probably going to have to wait until the new year, unless, of course, president obama comes back with this new plan -- the original plan that he had, which as you mentioned the $250,000 threshold. the fact is that boehner and obama's proposals really aren't that far apart right now. president obama wants $1 trillion in new taxes, john boehner has said he's willing to give $1 trillion. obama said he wants $800 billion in spending cuts, same thing for boehner. but the difference comes with the once again, the tax threshold. president obama originally said he would be willing to go with the $400,000 tax threshold. and as boehner said going off obama's words, he was willing to do it at $1 million. it comes down to what that threshold is.

is pulling together to help had katie and her family.cy? >> reporter: katie sherlach was with her fell opponent students when she learned of the shoot ing at the school. in georgetown they are collecting money as a way to support her. >> it was really, really difficult, as you can imagine. >> reporter: katie sherlach and her fellow researchers were in the chemistry lab when news broke there had been a shooting at sandy hook elementary in newtown. that's where her mom worked as a psychologist. the professor who runs the lab says everyone was hoping for the best. >> it was clear it is a day went on and what we heard nothing from her mom and the news kept getting worse and worse that it could be very bad news. >> reporter: the doctoral student would later learn her mother, mary, was among the dead and lost her life heroically trying to save children from the murderous rampage. >> you work with someone as closely as katie has worked with everyone in the group and you get to know somebody pretty well. we all -- we all knew her family. >> repo

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katie and scott live on a gas field. all over the farm access roads, gas wells and pipelines are cropping up. it's useless to protest. it's all within the law. mineral resources belong to the state, and it allocates drilling rights to gas companies in return for hefty payments. >> we certainly couldn't say, "no, you can't put wells in, full stop." so i guess it is a big sense of loss of control. >> they feel like guests on their own property. they take us to one of the wells. the gas is brought up from a depth of 700 meters. what worries the couple is that groundwater has to be tapped to get to the gas. huge amounts of it flow up, in dry queensland, of all places, where water is a luxury. >> this little read-out here says how much water's coming up per day, so there's 654 barrels of water from this well per day. but the water, i think, is there for a reason. once you take that water away, you're upsetting the balance of nature, and who knows what's going to happen. >> some 40,000 wells are planned in queensland. to proce

katie perry i don't know anything about her.lia who teaches in philadelphia at some arts college she wants the women to do what. what does she want. what's this bombingliness thing what. >> trashy during the day. reminiscent of the 19 autos when people were complacent and waited for the men to come home. >> bill: too hard to believe that she wants them to be dressed? did you take that away from the article? >> she man pleasing ways had to be peppy, cheerful and modest. >> here is part of it. who does she think is a good role model in the singing world? madonna. >> bill: madonna. >> who we just talked about a couple weeks ago as not being a role model. >> she stripped down. she is objecting to the clothing, bill. she does it over and over again. >> bill: i haven't been in this feminist thing. weren't feminist at one time angry about women being objectified? >> sexualized. >> bill: now she wants them to be? >> i guess. >> remember when we had discussions about the national organization of america would not let me in because i was

with your 'do on. >> oh, katie! ha ha! >> what do you think? how am i doing? >> you don't get to have all the fun. wendy, we're showing you what you look like with katie's hair on as well. >> ok. >> yeah! >> can i just say you look hot? >> i like that hair, but don't get any ideas. i like that. >> i like it. i think that should be your next wig. maybe for your new season. you're starting your fourth season. >> maybe when we do that wig a day--you know what--i need a katie couric in my life. >> i think you do. >> i do. >> and thank you for coming, wendy. >> thank you, katie. >> thank you. good to see you. >> thank you, everybody! >> and next up, we're gonna tell you about celebrity style in a snap. it's all about extensions. that's right. >> oh, yeah. [applause] >> ok, welcome back, everybody. we've covered gray hair, curly hair, black hair, and wigs. but what is the biggest hair trend of the last decade? extensions. celebrity hairstylist tippi shorter is back to tell us everything we want to know about extending our

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> they will bet on anything. >>> what are our odds are seeing rain today?> about 100% in most areas. >> i like those odds. >> odds greater overnight. let's look outside, right now from emeryville across alcatraz to the golden gate bridge, hazy for the most part dry rainfall amounts impressive. >>> important health news for people suffering from chronic insomnia. a possible explanation behind the reason some of us can't get a good night sleep. >> facebook veils new product [ female announcer ] martinelli's gold medal sparkling cider is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. >>> new evidence this morning that suggests link between breathing problems and insomnia. researchers fond people who have respiratory problems -- found people who have respiratory problems show a drop in oxygen inhaled that could affect how deeply they sleep. income yaks -- >> we now important sleep is. >> funny how well you function without the sleep. >> it is amazing. >> let's talk ab

katie marzullo was also in that big mess. it was really bad northbound. >> reporter: it was. we were stuck in it as well. take a look now, northbound and southbound traffic on the golden gate bridge moving freely in both directions would have been a sight for sore eyes something commuters this morning probably never thought they would see again as they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. video from sky 7 hd if you can see through the thick fog and rain this morning, two white cars in the far right lanes of northbound traffic at vista point, they hit, head-on. miraculously chp says own minor injuries they couldn't tell me how many were injured. they cannot confirm bad weather played a role. you can see how low visibility was and how slick the roads were. now look at the toll on the bridge this is the tallout. this accident happened after -- this is the fallout accident happened after 8:00 this morning traffic complete stop northbound for at least one hour two lanes of southbound traffic closed as well, a true traffic nightmare. >> i'd say about 45 minutes just sitting here, a lot

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> they will bet on anything. >>> what are our odds are seeing rain today?about 100% in most areas. >> i like those odds. >> odds greater overnight. let's look outside, right now from emeryville across alcatraz to the golden gate bridge, hazy for the most part dry rainfall amounts impressive. >>> important health news for people suffering from chronic insomnia. a possible explanation behind the reason some of us can't get a good night sleep. >> facebook veils new >>> new evidence this morning that suggests link between breathing problems and insomnia. researchers fond people who have respiratory problems -- found people who have respiratory problems show a drop in oxygen inhaled that could affect how deeply they sleep. income yaks -- >> we now important sleep is. >> funny how well you function without the sleep. >> it is amazing. >> let's talk about function tomorrow and a little sleep and a lot of rain for your morning commute. good morning. here's a look from vollmer peak back towards san francisco looks hazy now, multi-layers of clouds, same thing east ev

katie marzullo was also in that big mess. it was really bad northbound. >> reporter: it was. we were stuck in it as well. take a look now, northbound and southbound traffic on the golden gate bridge moving freely in both directions would have been a sight for sore eyes something commuters this morning probably never thought they would see again as they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic. video from sky 7 hd if you can see through the thick fog and rain this morning, two white cars in the far right lanes of northbound traffic at vista point, they hit, head-on. miraculously chp says own minor injuries they couldn't tell me how many were injured. they cannot confirm bad weather played a role. you can see how low visibility was and how slick the roads were. now look at the toll on the bridge this is the tallout. this accident happened after -- this is the fallout accident happened after 8:00 this morning traffic complete stop northbound for at least one hour two lanes of southbound traffic closed as well, a true traffic nightmare. >> i'd say about 45 minutes just sitting here, a lot

sample under katie's fingjrn nails -- fingernails attesting to katie's character. but the uploaded d.n.a. did not match anything in the government database. . gabriel was arrested six weeks after the murder, but because new mexico or the government -- federal government had no laws, no d.n.a. sample was taken, so no match was made. three years mr. avilo walked free in the streets of america, the streets of new mexico after having committed this horrendous crime, but there was nothing to link them until new mexico passed a statute very similar to this one that we are passing today that simply said we are going to collect d.n.a. samples when we have people who are under suspicion of a violent crime. no different than my fingerprints are available to anyone who wants to look. they were taken by the u.s. government when i entered into the united states air force. so i understand the constitutional concerns, but i also understand the pain of families who have no answers. after new mexico passed this law, mr. avilo committed another violent crime and this time by new mex

here's that tough audience katie and eric. >>> awww, we were laughing on the inside. >> where it counts>>> we are doing traffic this morning sue has the day off. there is flooding on highway 121 between 116 and 37, the route between petaluma and napa, don't know how bad it is. enough that you might want to consider alternate routes. >>> taking a look at drive times, 15 minutes, 18 minutes, 19 minutes, everything moving along smooth sailing, i don't do a lot of commuting in the morning so early rick you have to tell me if that is normal. >> that is good, with westbound 4, traffic is light, you can tell from those times. >>> news right now, developing news in the north bay police in ross will resume their search for a suspected drunk driver after they lost him near the college of marin, the driver bolted from his car during a traffic stop on sir francis drake after midnight, officers chased him and lost sight of him near stadium way. rescue team from the fire department searched but were unable to find that driver. >>> the same flooding that chased hundreds out of their peninsula hopes la

katie, let me ask you this -- katie can't hear me. we'll wait for her to get back hooked in. howard, what about the notion that i'm posing tonight -- i've said this a few times -- republicans better be careful. they're not going down your road and the democrats aren't going down your road. you have middle class tax cuts for the democrats and it sometimes sounds to me as an old reagan conservative that the republicans better watch themselves because sometimes it sounds like they are kind of defending rich people. that's their whole mantra, just defending rich people. and i think that's not where they should be. >> i would agree. if i were politically advising the republicans, which i'm certainly not, i think tom colts was right from oklahoma. they ought to get out of the way. there wouldn't be as much deficit reduction, which is what i care about. if they were smart politically, they would get out of the way and let the top 2% pay what they paid when bill clinton was president. the problem is, it's not going to do a lot to solve the deficit. i think the problem here is not pol

school psychologist mary sherlock was the mother of katy. she and the principle have been praised for trying to stop the gunman in the front office of the school. the georgetown community is raising money now to help katy. >> virginia governor bob mcdonnell would like to discuss army teachers. if someone at sandy hook had been armed, he says there would not have been -- there would've been an opportunity to stop this person. he has created a task force that will provide for budget proposals to address this and needs for school safety. it was an emotional gathering outside the capitol this morning where family members and accident victims read the names of their deceased loved ones. the brady campaign to prevent gun violence held the conference. after they read the names, they delivered a letter to go congress and the white house calling on an end to violence in america. >> dick's sporting goods is making big changes in the wake of the school shooting. >> brianne carter this is in the newsroom with details. >> after the mass shooting in conne

katie. >> francis, thank you. we are also keeping an eye on water level at bay area reservoirs which have been filling up rapidly with all the rain. many nearing capacity. we are live at lexington reservoir. how are things there? >> hi, katie. we are in a break right now from the rain. but as you mentioned, we are at lexington reservoir. it's right next to us, next to hay way 17. it's the largest rainwater reservoir in the santa clara valley water district and it's currently at 63% capacity. as you might guess, it's a different scene across the bay area. we have video from yesterday in marin county where water, if you can believe, was rationed once in the early '90s, but now the lake near mt. tam is full. it's overflowing. it's the a same for bon tempe dam. rushing water is cascadinger the top into alpine lake below. reservoirs don't typically top off until april. >> all of our reservoirs have reached capacity. that's the earliest that we have done that sense 1983. >> the earliest capacity reached in nearly 30 yea

katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general eric holder is heading to newtown this afternoon he with will meet with first responders and law enforcement officials after he meets with vice president biden who today is embarking on his new mission to reduce gun violence. memorial of flowers, candles and signs continues to grow in newton, not the most vivid reminder. that is the continuous procession of hearses driven through town hour after hour, day after day. the mother nancy lanza will not be buried in newtown her arrangements are being made out of state. cnn is reporting the day before she died she return from a luxury resort in new hampshire. friends tell cnn in recent years nancy felt comfortable leaving adam home alone. home is where he phone the weapons he would use to kill his mother, 20 elementary school children and six teachers and faculty. vice presidented by charged with finding solutions to gun violence today he seeks input from law enforcement officials from afternoon the country. a new group is a

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast, changing again. >> absolutely. already seeing some of those changes open up the weather window you can see the clouds already, low clouds coming in keeping our temperatures in the 40s in some areas after being near 70 yesterday. timetable for when the rain will get to your neighborhood and how much you will receive. >>> new answers for a frequently asked question, why do babies tend to stare at faces for so long? what researchers have discovered. @p tdñ >>> major move in the airline industry. delta now owns 49% of virgin atlantic. the new ownership will pave the way for delta to begin sharing resources with virgin atlantic. the two plan on striking a joint profit sharing venture for flights between great britain at united states. delta has been trying to expand to heathrow for years but limited gate space has kept that idea from taking off, pardon the expression. >>> speaking of taking off, flying in and out of sfo wasn't a problem this morning. tomorrow morning i'm going to guess it could be a different story. >>

katy perry i don't know anything about.glia who teaches at philadelphia at some arts college, she wants the women to do w what? what does she want? what's this womanliness thing? what does she want them to do? >> she wants the women to unbutton their blouses. >> bill: why? for what reason? >> she said you just as well be be trashy during the day if you're trashy at night. otherwise we're reminiscent of the 1950s where women was for thent and waiting men to come home. >> bill: she wants them to be trashy? did you take that away from the article? >> she said girls had to be simple, pep pee, cheerful, and modest. >> this is such a senseless article to me. there's so mucdeh more important things to talk about. >> bill: i know. there's a bigger picture, though. >> here's part of it. who does she think is a good role model in the singing world? madonna. >> we just talked about her a couple weeks ago as not being a good role model. >> bill: madonna has a whole different political agenda. >> she stripped down. she's objecting to th

katie marzullo, -- lending more freely. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> president obama speaks to business leaders this morning over how to avoid the fiscal cliff. currently no plans for congressional leaders to meet with the president at the white house. if no deal is reaped by year's end everyone's taxes will go up and massive cuts will take place, affecting defense and social spending. >>> when we came in this morning, just mist and drizzle. >> i hardly had to use my wipers. that is changing for a lot of folks. >> it is. right now as you look at our roof cam, nice batch of light to moderate rain falling now over the embarcadero. not so heavy we can see the ferry building and the bay bridge enough that it is causing ponding on the embarcadero this morning that's what most of us are going to run into especially east bay highway 4 connects to 680 south of vine hill coming into concord pleasanton down to walnut creek latest update light to moderate rain especially overconcord and pleasant hill highway 4 bay point, pittsburg,

martinelli's: since 1868. >>> coming up at on katie christmas come early for sandy survivors.abc7 news at 4, new online rules designed to protect your child's privacy online. then at 5, little glow fish that could hold the key to discovering lifesaving drugs. those stories and more on abc7 news at 4 and 5. >> new video just posted on youtube has many wondering is it rail or fake? >> video -- shows a golden eagle swooping down and briefly snatching a toddler the cameraman runs to the baby to make sure he's okay. >> here it is again in slow-motion. this video has become an internet sensation since it was posted yesterday. turns out it is a hoax. >> the man y'all-based design school has confirmed it was -- the montreal-based design school has confirmed it was made by the students. they should get a's. >> rest of us need to research better. >>> from all of us here at abc7 news thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a millionaire is next. >> c] [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hey, baby. hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. everybody is pulling for our return

katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: u.s. attorney general eric holder is heading to newtown this afternoon he with will meet with first responders and law enforcement officials after he meets vice president biden who today is embarking on his new mission to reduce gun violence. memorial of flowers, candles and signs continues to grow in newton, not the most vivid reminder. that is the continuous procession of hearses driven through town hour after hour, day after day. the mother nancy lanza will not be buried in newtown her arrangements are being made out of state. cnn is reporting the day before she died she return from a luxury resort in new hampshire. friends tell cnn in recent years nancy felt comfortable leaving adam home alone. home is where he phone the weapons he would use to kill his mother, 20 elementary school children and six teachers and faculty. vice presidented by charged with finding solutions to gun violence today he seeks input from law enforcement officials from afternoon the country. a new group is advoca

i'm katie patricione, they did issue budget projections last week for the next two year fiscal period, 13-14 and 14-15. the mayor's office is currently projecting a 263 million dollar deficit for that two year period and that shortfall results from approximately 344 million dollars in known cost increases which is offset by 81 million dollars in estimated revenue growth over the same period. as always, this gap will have to be closed by the time the mayor submits his report, general funding departments reduced our budget, our general fund support by 3% over the next two fiscal years and they've asked us to make a 1 and a half percent cut in 13-14 and a 1 and a half percent cost in 14-15, the budget reduction targets that we received from the mayor's budget office are 465 thousand dollar reduction next year and a 558 thousand dollar reduction the next year, so in the scope of the budget reduction that they have received over the last three or four years, this is eminently manageable. two years ago, we were asked to make a 20% budget cut, so this is something that feels like we can acco

katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with a look at what missing the deadline could mean. >> reporter the deadline is monday. just the prospect of missing it is causing problems for the economy. president obama has invited senate and house leaders to the white house this afternoon for last ditch negotiation. the house is holding an unusual session sunday. technical little, there's still time to strike a deal, but what if they don't? comedies 31st, more than 500 billion dollars in -- in tax increases and more than 100 billion dollars in government spending cuts are set to take effect. what happens january 1st, is less than certain. if congress and the president miss the deadline investors could panic sending the shakey stock market into a downward spiral. businesses and consumers could lose confidence and cutback on spending. a recession would not be immediate as long as all parties are working on a deal taxes and cuts could be kept at bay for a few weeks and repealed retroactively. if they never agree taxes would go up $2400 for families. americans would feel cuts to government servic

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> intrigue deepens, thank you.the back and forth continues in washington between congress and the white house over the so-called fiscal cliff. this morning president obama will host some of the nation's governors to spread his message. the president wants to raise 1.6 trillion in revenue by increasing taxes on the top 2% of income earners. republicans counted with a 2.2 trillion dollar deficit reduction plan, 800 billion dollars in revenue, but didn't call for raising tax rates on wealthy. the proposal was quickly ejected with the white house. >>> new -- rejected by the white house. >>> new poll shows -- gallup asked americans to rate honesty and ethical standards car salesmen got lowest marks 8% marked them high or very high. congress is just above them, only 10% scored in the top two categories to be honest. journalists 24%. top of the rankings, nurses, 84% of americans gave them the highest marks and of course meteorologists right behind that >> i was going to say even though it is not darn -- not a 100% science

katie marzullo is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: lawmakers are asking for everything from military protection on school campuses to bans on weapons and ammunition. a single message of safety from many voices. with 20 elementary school children and six educators shot to death with a semi-automatic rifle in connecticut, president obama is taking steps to reduce gun violence. >> the president: i've asked the vice president to lead an effort to includes members of my cabinet and outside organizations to come up with a set of concrete proposals, no later than january, propose 5s that i intend to push without delay. -- >> reporter: lawmakers made their own proposals, nancy pelosi and fellow house democrats are calling for the swift passage of a bill which would ban assault magazines. representative mccarthy of new york who lost her husband and merely lost her son to gun violence echoes the president's sentiments now is the time to act. >> this time it is different. you know the time is different because there's so much anger. when you talk to people there's anger behind their voices. why

katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with a look at what missing the deadline could mean. >> reporter deadline is monday. just the prospect of missing it is causing problems for the economy. president obama has invited senate and house leaders to the white house this afternoon for last ditch negotiation. the house is holding an unusual session sunday. technical little, there's still time to strike a deal, but what if they don't? comedies 31st, more than 500 billion dollars in -- in tax increases and more than 100 billion dollars in government spending cuts are set to take effect. what happens january 1st, is less than certain. if congress and the president miss the deadline investors could panic sending the shakey stock market into a downward spiral. businesses and consumers could lose confidence and cutback on spending. a recession would not be immediate as long as all parties are working on a deal taxes and cuts could be kept at bay for a few weeks and repealed retroactively. if they never agree taxes would go up $2400 for families. americans would feel cuts to government services a

>> katie: since you've been gone, i've bought out a baby store. >> taylor: making up

in our next hour we live to katie marzullo in san jose.and amy hollyfield in union square in san francisco. >>> there's great prize we are giving out at each of those locations, so you want to stick around and hear what some of those are. a prize we are getting from mother nature this morning. >> we are getting some rain. >>> good morning. starting out with chilly conditions, that's more the headline than the rain, you look at doppler and really not a lot going on. we have had the showers from the north bay to the south baylor, now jut lighter to, around -- around san francisco, higher elevations of the east bay looking at a shower where we could see a rain/snow mix through east of hollister around the santa cruz mountains as you head out this this morning, lower 40s to lower 50s, scattered showers throughout the day. high temperatures just in the 50s for the afternoon. chilly out there, grab the heavier coat and umbrella. >>> good morning. slick road conditions, no major rain, no huge areas of puddling or pooling. slick conditions light c

well katie maybe maybe not even if the regulators actually approve this initiative to export gals to the european countries and keep in mind that this approval is absolutely essential because at the moment the nato countries in europe are not really free trade partners of the united states so even if the regulators give the green light to this initiative i'm not sure that it really makes sense for the united states itself now politics aside it doesn't really add up economically the u.s. at the moment doesn't want to export a large quantities of its galahs anywhere for a very simple reason it needs it at home just recently with the discovery of shale gas and with this whole shale gas revolution it was finally able to become import independent and now to all of a sudden shipped all this cheap american gas overseas will basically mean boosting domestic prices jeopardizing the whole manufacturing revival and experts both here in russia and abroad believe that this is a ridiculous idea listen to what some sentences from the national energy security fund says if there will be an expert fro

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it's less than six months since he split from katie holmes. is this his newest leading lady? >>> the music is mere coincidence this morning. i promise. it takes us all to a place many of us want to forget, i can assure you. good morning to you, america. >> i loved it. >> i loved it, too. happy friday. george, robin, lara, all at home with their families today. great to have amy, paula and rachel back with us this morning. >>> also, a very big headline in the fiscal cliff showdown. now, just four days from heading over the edge. the meeting that could change it all today at the white house. jon karl is here with the very latest on that. >>> and then, we have a shocking headline this morning. teachers training to shoot guns on the job. using this holiday break to learn how to handle firearms. applications for these classes are up all across the country. we're going to talk much more about that in a bit. >>> we want to get right to the breaking news this morning. it affects so many americans hoping to adopt. the president of russia has just signed a bill, banning americans from

katie: there's only one person missing. who is that? >> annie!ew red-headed star is born. >> ♪ tomorrow tomorrow i love you tomorrow ♪ >> plus, an "annie" trivia showdown. >> punjab. >> in your face! >> it's an "annie" all-star show. [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] katie: hi everyone! hi! so, hi everybody, welcome, have a seat. are you excited? because i am so excited today. i love musicals, and i love this brotherhood way musical in particular. you picked a fantastic day to be here in our audience. you're getting two shows for the price of one. actually our tickets are free, so even better. the new cast of "annie" is here, which is so exciting. [cheers and applause] it's their first national tv appearance, and the 35th anniversary revival opens on broadway november 8. we're giving you all a preview performance. it's one of the most beloved musicals ever, and it's been performed in 30 countries around the world and nearly as many languages. but no matter how you say "annie," the very thought of h

the first person is katie ladel -- >> excuse me commissioner. we need a motion first. >> so moved. >> second. >> now we will have public comment. >> okay. thank you. good afternoon commissioners. i am the chair of the cac and i'm not speaking on behalf of them because i don't know them all. that's i didn't am here. jennifer gave us the feasibility report on the 16th but we didn't get a chance talk about it. in fact we have never had a chance to talk about anything and that's the problem. we have had three meetings and long and mainly presentations that we listen and there is public comment and a few cac comments and we all go home, so this morning i went to the cac annual breakfast hoping to meet other members just because i don't know them so we haven't had a chance to chat and discuss the fiscal feasibility study. i invited them to a meeting on sunday and being a bad day and six of us showed up, but we need time to look at this fiscal feasibility study. some of us that have met have issues. we have questions. we would like to get together as a