what did this out of control trillion dollar deficits, we need rand paul to rein in government spending and keep us from burning in a sea of debt. now, look. rand paul has spent his entire professional career helping people out. jack conway spent his entire professional career chasing ambulances. jack conway will not stop out of control spending. he will not vote for a balanced budget amendment. rand paul will vote for a balanced budget amendment. what barack obama in aids policies says is we need to spend more, -- what barack obama and nancy pelosi says is we need to stand more. rand paul will stand up and say, "no." if you're like most americans, you are appalled at to much spending, washington takeovers, your taxes, too. rand paul will join me in saying "no" to all of the takeovers. rand paul does not know -- he knows we are not undertaxed. we have a spending problem. we spend too much, not that we tax too little. yet the guys on the other side cannot spend enough, cannot borrow enough, cannot take over enough of your life, cannot raise enough taxes. the only way to stop that is to sendrand paul to join me i

alison burns is live in air washington, d.c. newsroom with paul the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. just yesterday defense secretary bob gates says the consequences would be potentially very severe if wiki leaks releases more of the secret afghanistan documents. the last release came on july 25th under the heading afghan war diary, 10s of thoughs of secret documents that include information about nato troops killing civilians and covert operations against the taliban. now wiki leaks founder says he has 15,000 more documents he is betting them now and they will soon be on the site. a spokesman says that would be the height of irresponsibility but he is defiant and says he has a duty to release the information. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> president obama is set to sign a bill today providing 600 million dollars in emergency aid to help secure the u.s.-mix conborder. it pays for 1000 new border patrol agents and provides 14 million dollars in new communications equipment. the measure h

. >>> a paul loy alto attorney is offering free legal advice for anyone to attend the burning man festivalderal officers are too heavy handed and are accused of making rest to justify their existence. this year's event begins monday. some 50,000 people are expected to be there. >>> lawmakers in the state assembly are reviewing their dress code for women. men have long been required to wear a jacket and tie on the assembly floor. but it's never been clear what appropriate business attire means for women. the sacramento bee says women were notified but that policy was suspended to allow time for discussion. >> they need to talk about it. >> gotta add it, coordinate it. >>> let's talk to sal about the commute. >> there was just an accident on the lower deck a few moments ago. 101 in san francisco is ridiculous. it's backed up all the way out to candlestick. that's terrible getting up to the lower kek -- lower deck. less go to the toll plaza. there's still some busy traffic on 24 la fayette because of a crash on the shoulder. the traffic is still busy. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. a

paul. >> reporter: good morning. san francisco fire boat had to come out. it's still working. sprag water underneath the pier because that's where the fire is still burning. there are crews still working on this. the fire boat has been here for an hour working out. we'll take a look at video earlier. crews had to work from above and below to put this fire out. the call came in at 4:30 this morning an unused pier was on fire. crews quickly came out and were able to establish it and put it out from the top. they had to wait for the san francisco fire boat to come across the water to help and give more access. i spoke with michael fisher. this is what he had to say. >> the pier was in pretty disrepair. it's difficult for the alameda crew to access the fire. we used the san francisco fire boat to access the fire from the water site. >> reporter: now this pier was recently used by a container rehab company. they have since left the situation as you said this was a pretty hard thing to access because there is the gate right here and the fence right here and most of the fire was burning in the pier underneath. so that's why they needed help from san francisco fi

paul. >>> good morning. i'm ria taormina in for rob. you can barely see the transamerica building, a live shot at downtown san francisco. and those clouds will be sticking around, but they will be burningff as the day goes on. today's high, getting almost to 80. not quite there. we will be getting to the 80s over the weekend and more summer like temperatures and the coas,s as always, a bit cooler. in the 60s. that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you. now the husband of the american woman arrested for the brutal murders of her three children is opening up about the painful loss of his family. nbc's martin fletcher is in london with the latest on this story. martin, good morning. >> ann, good morning. eight days after the children were found dead, he spoke for the first time in public trying to come to terms with an unimaginable loss. >> shocked, paralyzed with grief, not quite sure what to do next. certainly the tragedy around their deaths just makes it much more painful. >> reporter: his three children murdered last week, allegedly by his wife. the engineer heartbroken, the family destroyed. >> she was just bouncing off the walls with excitement. you know, she didn't so

and next, i like to thank paul burns and his company fire clay title r tile for the gift of the tile wall project. this contribution not only raised money, it also brought the community together. sharing in the pleasurable and creative tasks of making something beautiful together. and third, i like to thank the residential builder's association for their generous gifts and for their patience in installing numerous charming and highly missmapen that were gleefully squished flat in our community workshop. i also like to thank jeff king and company for their generosity. we're the ben fish rather's of this firm's living the battle cry, think globally and act locally. and finally, i like to thank dr. barbara schultz, simply put, we could not have ren sated the play area without her support. so on behalf of my two girls and the numerous children who will enjoy this play area, thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much for your leadership. working closely with the neighborhood. there's two individuals i want to acknowledge and then we're going to get started. commissioner al harris i see