them is a fire in fairfield -- word of the flareup on that massive fire in plainfield. >>> and police say what you see here is a hate crime in progress. what police are doing to catch the suspect. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >> good evening. it is tuesday, july 26. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> we begin tonight with continuing coverage of aim as the six alarm fire -- of a massive six alarm fire. this fire set up a huge home of dirt black smoke that could be seen from surrounding counties and for miles around. they broke out at medical plastics on huntington drive in fairfield. jana katsuyama has not been seen since early this afternoon -- has been on the scene. >> that are simply spent there that have flared up and are still burning. interviews the fire was -- it appears that the fire was an accident. the first call came in at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. it happened in the storage yard outside the medical sixpence. did they call of smoke could be seen from as far away sacramento -- the thick column of

part of the report that a report in terms of what the fcc can do to change the law and regulatory plainfield, like back caught and data roaming. those other kinds of places we would like more movement, and that is where we think the report could conclude there is a lack of effective competition and the barriers to competition. i think that is more to put to the merger and for the fcc overall, but cpia has members on both sides of this. they're also looking at whether the market is competitive or not or whether there are barriers to entry that. people from getting to the same level and competing with at&t and verizon and the other large carriers. >> christopher mccabe, if he could comment on this. i could not ignore some of the darkening clouds or the state of mobile competition. the headline for this report is that the fcc the their fines nor does not find effective competition. dig deeper and we find ongoing trends of industry consolidation. >> i think if you look at -- with all due respect to the commissioner, i think if you focus on one specific area, the hhi measured by the fcc getting h

>> there may be a relationship in terms of the certain areas in the city of plainfield where certainesidents have been laid off and feel hopeless at this point. >> reporter: 123 foreclosures within a half mile, but there are hundreds more all over town. >> i am looking for more help from the companies. >> more help from the banks? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we reach out to the banks that hold the most mortgages, and bank of america would not comment and wells fargo said they are continuing to work with the borrowers to find an alternative to foreclosure. today home prices continue to fall. there are layoffs in the schools, and the city has cut 50% of its workers since february. at rise and shine restaurant, the owner says business is slumping. >> there are ups and downs, and some days are better and some days are slow. it's tough. >> unless something can turn around, we need a miracle. >> reporter: a miracle? >> we need a miracle. >> reporter: the empty homes changed the lives of the people that still call plainfield their home. >>> it's 23 past the hour. let's check our top stories

. >> in 1977 i got out on parole from indiana youth center in plainfield. they sent me to a town i never been to before. i fell in love with a girl. i caught her with another man. and i beat, stabbed and strangled her to death. i've been in prison ever since. >> hollon's current relationship might have a dark side as well. >> at the end of july i received a phone call from the daughter of an elderly gentleman on the street that indicated that offender hollon had an ongoing relationship with her father for many years, and basically it appeared, at least to her at the time, that he had scammed her father out of several thousand dollars, to the tune of about $60,000 over the last 12 or 13 years. >> i don't agree with it at all. whatever somebody did for me, they did because they wanted to. i couldn't make them do anything. there was no fraud. because i never lied. >> mr. hollon has been misleading the victim into believing that if he kept sending money that offender hollon -- to a fictitious attorney, that defender hollon would be able to get out of prison. th

and the economic reforms have changed the plainfield for many ways because for the economy to work peopleneed money and the largest source of investment in vietnam beyond the state's is the overseas vietnamese community. billions and billions of dollars being sent back into vietnam. and so those families now have a kind of standing and stature within the economy they wouldn't have had in an earlier period of time. if they want to be -- if they want their kids to go to college, if they want to be involved in government politics, those avenues stand to still be closed. that history of people's involvement in the war does more people in that kind of way. but the economy and the changes in the economy have leveled the playing field for people in the south in a way that again years ago would have been hard to see. >> how would you describe vietnam's current relationship in the u.s. and i want to preface that by saying i remember visiting just a couple of years ago in saigon, the american war of aggression museum, and watching the propaganda films that were being played at the tunnels prior to

the plainfield is the homes of afghan civilians -- the playing field is the homes of afghan civilians living in these places. >> some of the guys came up. we talked to them. i think what we are going to do, we are going to post support units year, a kind of leader rabb. -- loiter around. especially back. i think it will be 15:30. >> let's go ahead and break down and get on the road. >> the high ground is over their. we will go back. >> ok. >> i do not think by any metric anyone argues there are fewer attacks and less violence in afghanistan now than there has ever been. the number of bombs exploded, the number of civilians killed, the number of nato troops killed has only risen steadily throughout the war. so, the only way you can argue security is better is by interpreting conditions on the ground differently. yes, you could say, there are more afghan troops and police on the ground and tornado police and contractors. there are more coalition people on the ground now than ever. that is one way to interpret what security means, simply having a presence. but more of them are dying. mor

if they knew who the judge would be in advance, the plainfield would be more level. perhaps even more importantly where this comes in to accounts, refusal issues is not something that is left to the judges solely. the judges play a very large role in trying to determine if they need to recused from a case. in cases where the judges identity are known to the lawyers and parties in advance, they can bring to the judge's attention iraqi resolve that the judges may have overlooked. and in this system does not always worked perfectly. after an argument has occurred, there are different competing interests in deciding whether an attorney will drop a possible recusant basis ago. the judge is telling me he disagrees with the other side position and then i can tell my client the judge disagrees vehemently and may have reason why he or she should be recused and my client will give me a stern talking to about why we should not try to depict -- try to recuse. it's the judge's involvement would have been known before oral arguments, we could have been bringing that took their att

the nature was what is the plainfield we are on, what is the length of time, and so on? -- what is the playing field? we want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves facing a treason like this again. this is about past debt. it's not about making room for future spending, but we did not get into that level of conversation. >> done owner says he thought there was a 50-50 chance we would see a big deal in the next 48 hours. >> i am glad to hear that he said that. >-- john boneoener said. guest: utah's senator mike lee talks about a balanced budget proposal. this is 20 minutes. >> thanks to everyone for joining us today. we are here to announce that we , along with 21 co-sponsors among republicans in the senate, are introducing filing this afternoon a piece of legislation we are calling the cut, cap, and balance act. a proposal to raise the debt limit by $2.40 trillion. it would make the increase in the debt limit conditioned on the occurrence of three events. first, significant, immediate spending cuts that would take effect through and a

playing field for the workers and manufacturers and make sure they are on a level and competitive plainfield. i do think there are seven issues this committee has to address with respect to market- distorting trade practices by trading partners. this is one step in the right direction and hopefully there will be many more in the weeks to come. >> thank you, senator. >> i want to thank senator widen for his leadership on this. thank you, senator snowe, as well. there are so many industries affected by this as we know, china, when it comes to trade issues, does not play by the rules come up and down the line. i think we're derelict not doing enough here. we lose millions of american jobs and trillions of american dollars because of this. one example is an industry you would not think would be subject to this, which is honey. the u.s. honey industry is under siege from imports of chinese transhipped. it is often inferior, laced with antibiotics and other things. it is the intentional mislabeling of the country of origin, costs the u.s. millions, it threatens the health of the was honey industry

rate, get rid of incentives that benefit some industries over others, and level the international plainfield with a territorial system. if we take these steps -- and level international playing field with a territorial system. more job creation at home. thank you, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. duke. >> chairman, ranking member, and distinguished members of the committee. they keep for allowing me to share my views. please, i would like to provide a brief overview of kimberly- clark and then discuss why we believe the current u.s. tax system hinders growth and puts american companies and workers at a competitive disadvantage. kimber the clerk will be 140 years old in 2012 -- kimberly- clark will be 140 years old. through the years, we have been providing consumers with the essentials for a better life, with brands like kleenex, and we estimate that one out of four people use our products every day, and they buy them at wal-mart and cbs, as well. in fact, -- wal-mart and cbs -- cvs, as well. you may not know that we are also wrote a manufacturer of safety wh

for the first time, there will not have that ability but if they knew who the judges will be, the plainfield will be more level. and perhaps even most importantly in the case where this comes into account, recusal issues in determining whether judges should be recused is not something that is left to the judges. they play a large role in determining if they need to recuse and they have methods in place for determining that in advance. in cases where the identities are known to the lawyers and the parties in advance, those lawyers and parties can bring to the judge's attention refusal bases that the judges have overlooked. after an oral argument has occurred, there are different competing interests in deciding whether an attorney will drop to the judge's attention possible recusal bases. if the judge is telling me he disagrees with the other side's position and i go back and tell my client, judge so-and-so's who disagrees may have a reason why they should be recused. my client will give me a stern talking to about why we should not recused judge someone so -- so and so. similarly, if the judg