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scott goldberg has this remarkable story of survival. >> when a car veers off a winding road and tumbled 200 feet into a ravine, you would be forgiven for so many things would not end well. >> if anybody can find my dad it is us. we know he's alive. >> if they were determined to find their father david and they did. six days after his car fell into the pits in southern california. his kids formed their own search party. >> we stopped at every ravine and looked over every hill. then my brother got out of the car and we kept screaming. the next thing we heard my dad's a help and there he was. >> police hoisted him out of the ravine by helicopter. the likely loss control while driving home last friday and was blinded by oncoming red lights. he landed next to another driver, apparently an earlier victim of the same twisting road who;s story ended differently. >> there was a vehicle down there from a previous incident. unfortunately that they and did not survive. >> david's doctors say that he is stable. >> it's unusual to come out as stable as he is. he did not sustain any life- threatening

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here's more from abc's scott goldberg. >> reporter: gone but determined not to be forgotten. the system that was tropical storm lee, is soaking its way north. from southern louisiana. >> a lot is going to go. >> like what? >> all the tools in the box down there. we didn't think it would get that high. >> reporter: into georgia and beyond, lee has dumped up to ten inches in some places. and brought winds that turned into dozens of tornadoes. >> you grabbed him and held him close. >> yeah. >> reporter: officials confirmed three tornados in atlanta. and across the state, georgia's emergency management agency said winds damaged 100 homes. richard darby and hi wife hid in their closet. >> one piece. >> one piece. we can fix all this stuff later. as long as we got our lives, that's all that matters. >> reporter: georgia power reported more than 5,000 customers without electricity. what's left of lee is moving into the northeast, the part of the country still coming out from under hurricane irene. >> we have a serious three-day window to watch with this rainfall. >> reporter: in com

scott goldberg is live in washington. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning. he is going to tliv the speech he first wanted to give last night but rescheduled after it conflicted with the republican debate in simi valley. >> there are eight republicans on the stage but most attention is focusing on two, governor rick perry and mitt romney know the one question on voters' minds, who knows best how to create jobs. >> michael dukakis created jobs three tames faster. >> george bush created jobs fashion terrify than you did. >> i think are raining on the parade. as governor of utah we are number one job creator. >> now the attention turns back to the plate they are trying to reach, washington, where president obama presents his ideas to a joint session to congress. >> white house promises it will be a detailed proposal to create jobs. likely a package of tax cuts and spending on roads and bridges. stakes are high for a president whose popularity is sliding. >> president obama has to understand he is still our president. if congress is going to not work with him he

scott goldberg, abc news, washington. >>> 6:46.s is i'll see you in court day for heads of other can and google. >> we have more on that and word of a new owner for great america in santa clara. good morning. >> good morning. this is the term awkward. two exec of google and oracle will square off in court today over the android software for smart phone. larry page and larry ellison will appear before magistrate in san jose. they have been going back and forth over patent. the fight could post the biggest threat to google android that runs on 150 million devices. if they settle that would avoid a risk of having a jury decide. could it be game changer for the 49st or for better parking? great america and baseball team are locked in dispute over stadium next door to amusement park. now they are selling great america. $70 million in cash is what it is going for. it's called jna venture and saying it will use proceed to pay down the debt. no word if the new owners are the 49ers fans. >>> investors not fan of stocks at friday prices. we

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we begin this morning with scott goldberg on the hundreds of thousands of people being affected thisorning. >> reporter: gone but determined no to the be forgotten , the system that was tropical storm lee is soaking north from southern louisiana, in to georgia and beyond. lee dumped 10 inches in some places and brought along winds that turned in to dozens of tornados. really throughout our childhood. even like through college and we were just too scared to open a bakery together officials confirmed three in atlanta, and across the state, georgia's emergency management agency said winds damaged 100 homes, richard and his wife hid in their closet. georgia power reported more than 5000 customers without electricity. what is left is moving in to the northeast, the part of the country coming out from under hurricane irene. >> we had a really serious be 3- day window to watch with the rainfall. >> reporter: people simply can't handle another drop. >> we need more water. we really, i don't know, what we are going to do. >> reporter: ght have a silver lining, pruprom the remnants of lee coul

abc scott goldberg is in washington with the latest.irst time in 18 years in the united states military, it's okay to ask. it's okay to tell. for sergeant, it's okay to re-enlist. >> just because i've been burnt by this policy, doesn't mean that it's been taken out of who i am. i'm still a patriot. still a soldier at heart. >> he was discharged in 2006 for being gay. while "don't ask, don't tell" was in place, more than 13,000 service members lost their jobs because they violated the ban on gays and lesbians in uniform. >> we are not a nation that says don't ask, don't tell. we are a nation that says out of many, we are one. >> president obama repealed it last december but is deliberately slow roll out meant the policy couldn't be lifted officially until nine months later. >> we're in the middle of war. the whole "don't ask, don't tell" policy is the least, the lowest priority in my mind right now. >> today, the magazine out serve is publishing a photo essay. more than 100 active duty gay and lesbian troops, member of the military two s

scott goldberg has more. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney!> almost like prize fighters entering the ring, 8 republicans took the stage in front of a thousand tea party supporters and the candidate took the most punches, rick perry. >> the term ponzi scheme is what scared seniors. i think social security is an essential program. >> people did it in the private sector it would be called criminal. that is in your book. >> the main opponent the former massachusetts governor that suggested the texas governor doesn't deserve credit for creating jobs. >> you got stopped in poker. >> perry also took a hit from iowa straw poll winner on michele bachmann, requiring young girls to get a vaccination against cervical cancer. >> to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have an injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. >> former utah governor jon huntsman tried to get in the game and jabbed mom any. >> but the reference to the song all apologize didn't hit it smart. >> there are many more rounds to come. next debate is nine

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scott goldberg has the latest. >> reporter: president obama has an ambitious plan to cut the deficit by $3 trillion. it includes cuts to medicare and medicaid and substantial savings from ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the headline grabber, the provision most people will talk about and the republicans dismissed is half the savings come from tax hikes and most of the tax hikes are aimed at people making more than $1 million a year. people like warren buffett. >> i think people at the high end, people like myself should pay more in taxes. >> the famous investment banker became part of the debate when he said congress should stop coddling billionaires. now they want the super committee looking at the deficit reduction measures to pass a buffett rule. >> warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. an outrage he asked to us fix. >> it would raise taxes millionaires pay on investment income taxed at a lower rate than middle class paycheck. buffett's idea sets the stage for another epic stalemate with congress. >> he is feeling guilty. i think he should send in a chec

scott goldberg, abc news washington. >>> protesters try to take over wall street.ess report is coming up. >> vallejo neighbors mourn the loss of a loving couple next. obstacles faced by firefighters getting a man and his wife out of their burning home. >>> dominique strauss-kahn talks publicly for the first time about the sexual encounter that ended his career leading the international monetary fund. >> night of glitz and glamour at the emmys. we'll tell you which stars are probably still celebrating this morning. cu >>> welcome back. look at live doppler7 h.d. it's quiet across the state. move on to the forecast for state. we're in the mid-90s in central valley. 104 in palm springs. along the coast. we have nice weather from 83 at big sur. clouds will hang around eureka and 63. eric has more news. >> thank you. >>> 5:48. fire investigators in vallejo are still trying to figure out the cause of a house fire the killed two people. fire crews got to the home on laderra street yesterday to find smoke pours out the front windows. firefighters had to break through a sec

abc7's scott goldberg has more. >> the debate picked up right about where the last one left off.e economy. and social security. federal program mitt romney says he wants to preserve and rick perry wants to turn over to the state. >> now not the first time that mitt has been wrong on issues before. the bottom line is we never said that we were going to move this back to the states. what we said is we ought to have as one of the options, the state employees and state retirees. they being able to go off of the current system on to one that the states would operate themselves. >> the exchange between the front runners is typical. different from what the governor put in his book. rick perry out there saying to quote, it says that federal government shouldn't be in the pension business. that it's unconstitutional. unconstitutional and should be returned to the states. you better find that rick perry and get him to stop saying that. >> there were seven other candidates on the stage but for the most part on the sideline. >> two guys standing in the middle here, romney and perry won't be

scott goldberg abc news washington. >>> 6:45 now.failed solar company solyndra are being called to testify before congress. solyndra filed for bankruptcy protection after receiving half a billion in the federal stimulus funds as well as a tax break from california. president obama endorsed the green energy company but now the f.b.i. is investigating it. top executives of two private venture capital firms argenaut and medrone capital will be asked to say why they thought solyndra was a good investment. the "bay citizen" says obscure board gave solyndra $34.5 million tax break to help it compete globally. >>> i am just stunned. airlines charging $400 for a checked bag. >> oh my. >> and facebook has answer to nation job problem. >> $400? jane king joins us from the new york stock exchange with more on that while i grab smelling salts, jane. >> i know. that is not a typo. at first i saw that and i thought surely that's not correct. we have the story in a second. start with facebook. more than just fun and games or checking your friend's