. >> hello, i'm donna shalala sitting in for bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, the debt ceiling countdown. >> the debt ceiling debate continues to drag on in washington. but outside of the beltway americans are concerned about the impact drastic reductions in spending will have on jobs and the programs they depend on, as well as the possibility of default. some financial experts believe the united states' credit rating may be downgraded no matter the outcome. that could mean higher interest rates on credit cards, mortgages and car loans. women's groups continue to voice their concerns over a deal that slashes social security, medicare and medicaid. and if that wasn't enough americans are growing exceedingly unhappy with their lawmakers. a cnn/opinion research poll found 54 percent of people disapproved of the way obama is handling his job and 55 percent had an unfavorable opinion of the republican party. >> eleanor, what is going on in your house? >> when the

shalala released there, a little more cooling around the bay. we are getting westerly flow, that could provide a little patchy fog around the bay for fireworks. temperatures around the '50s were sent to cisco, 61 for san raphael. fairfield is about 10 degrees warmer than that. in the top is down into the low 60s. by noon, it looked as though we could warm up into the 80's, bring the '90s into the picture as we head towards the free o'clock/4:00 hour. we will have in the 90's and 80's in the seventies around the bay. by tonight most locations will be in the sixties will we could hold to los '70s inland. we have 92 in santa rosa, 96 of petaluma, about 97 for fairfield. in the peninsula, it looks as though we will be about 76 in san for cisco. yesterday in the 80's, not quite as warm but still pretty pleasant. 90s and redwood city, over to the survey looks as though we will stay about 751 into a comfortable 80 degrees and about 86 for castro valley. it will still stay high as we enter the san ramon valley to retire in the mid- 90s. 97 in antioch, a