tracy brought this up. the amount of debt that americans are sitting on for higher education, a lot of that goes away if we see the shift. wouldn't that be good for the economy, julian? >> but john makes a better point in the long run. going to college means you're going to have much, much more wealth and higher wedges. in the long run a better economic prop sayings. as to jonathan hoenig's point government getting involved, there's a difference between the government saying it's easier for people who want to go to college to go to college and lessen that by a college loan program that makes sense and having to go to college. and i don't think that-- >>, but the suggestion. >> the government is trying to make it easier for people to go. >> exactly, that's the same ph ethanol, the same philosophy with housing and cheryl, you mentioned the numbers about people who thought that college was a good idea. the same numbers applied to people who thought housing was a good idea. five, six years ago. yes, the governm

in the eat meantime use alternates out of tracy. basically were already seeing delays across the stretch parade 7:00 is the estimated time when they are going to reopen lanes. if your heading toward the golden gate bridge, this is how looks like a cross the span. no delays. look at the nimitz, 880 through oakland. traffic moving find toward i streets and your downtown oakland exits. >>> 4 days after. the winning ticket was purchased in fremont, we are still waiting to hear the one the mega million jackpot. it was sold at this convenience store. >>> a visually impaired boy has won a national stacking contest. know what is now recognized as the fastest 8 year-old. he is blind in one eye and has glaucoma and the other >>> it was something that he wanted to do and something i thought would build his self- esteem considering he cannot play basketball or football >>> know what is amazing. in new fallout for facebook's ipo. the huge lawsuit against the social media website >>> the controversial photo now in the spotlight >>> facing pressur

nbc's tracie potts has more on this from washington. trac tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. he will be targeting working-class men. the polls are showing us that while he's doing well with women and some other groups, this is a group that seems to be wavering between president obama and mitt romney. a recent average of the bill polls shows the president with less than a three-point lead within the margin of error. on the fourth of july the president addressed military members who were newly sworn in citizens saying that we need more immigration laws in this country that allow immigrants to stay, like the d.r.e.a.m. act. meantime mitt romney was up in new hampshire add a picnic there, and while he tried to shy away from politics officially, talking about the issues on the campaign trail, he's been wrapped up on whether or not he's been contradicted in his campaign over the health care, is it a penalty or a tax. his campaign says otherwise. tomorrow we'll likely turn the focus back to the economy as new numbers come out for jun

>> tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thanks so much. >>> to utah where a southwest airlines pilot wanted in connection with a colorado murder attempted to steal an empty plain from a small airport. the man then killed himself after he couldn't get the plane off the ground. nbc's kurt gregory has the details. >> reporter: a sky west pilot's plans to steal a plane was thwarted. the 40-year-old had parked his motorcycle, jumped a fence to the airport, gained access to a sky westjet and started its engines. according to officials he backed the plane up, then moved it forward clipping the terminal. he was not able to get the plane airborne and instead crashed into several empty cars in the parking lot. a police officer patrolling the area noticed a motorcycle with the engine still warm and shortly thereafter discovered the plane. >> he immediately notified sky west that they had plane in the parking lot with the engines running. they had a person here who was able to come out and shut down the plane. >> reporter: offi

god's sakes, tracy, where are you? starting a new life. because of the black crusaders?hat's crazy. will you marry me? no. i took that job. blurgh. cough. [coughs] and cough. [coughs] and cough. [coughs] okay, now let's start the examination. are you getting enough sleep? no. you drinking water? no. are you exercising at all? no. and you're still working those long hours? yes.

should be covering for us. >> you know, tracy, we have a statement from the v.a.ch basically, let me share it with you, you have probably read this yourself, it says with the return of service members from the wars in afghanistan and iraq, v.a. is carefully considering the needs of veterans who sustain spinal cord injuries. genital-urinary injuries and other injuries that make them unable to have children naturally. v.a.'s goal is to restore veterans' physical and mental capabilities to the greatest extent possible. v.a. is aware of introduced legislation that would authorize v.a. to provide assisted reproductive technologies like ivf to seriously injured veterans who want to have children. it leaves it there. it doesn't say whether they would support it or what their position is. what do you know from what you are being told by the v.a.? >> well, i don't find it uncommon that they're not necessarily taking a stance, but even that they're contemplating it, i think that this bill is going to force their hand in providing these services but i also think it's importa

these guys are buddies as you well know, as tracy wells knows. whether or not they are even consciously doing it, they are at least unconsciously letting each other off working in each other's interest. they are part of a culture. this culture is not only about libor. this culture is about trading in general in my view. it is easy to co lewd in trading, and this trading back and forth of securities and complex instruments and so you naw dominates wall street. when i started after going to graduate school, that's not what dominated wall street. now it's trading and so easily managelable and there is a culture that tolerates it. >> tim geithner is going to be in front of congress in a couple of weeks and will have to answer these questions. can he talk his way out of this? what is the best possible scenario for him? we know he was at meetings discussing fixing libor, they have put out academic stud irks. what can he say to get himself out of this the quicksand? >> first of all, we don't know exactly what was said in the meetings. it could have been

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning to you. >> hi, lynn. good morning, everyone. it's not just democrats as you mentioned who want to see more of what romney has earned in recent years but now prominent republicans as well. mississippi's governor and alabama's govern calling on him to release those returns. no word from the romney camp that any further release is on the way, and they are not alone. texas governor rick perry, a former republican rival says that romney should be as open as possible. meantime on the other side we've got republicans criticizing the obama campaign for what they're saying about mitt romney. john mccain calls the campaign disgraceful for targeting those tax returns and romney's time with bain. he calls it chicago-style sleazy campaigning and saying the focus should be on the $5 trillion added to the deficit. meantime former new hampshire governor says that he shouldn't have said that president obama needs to learn to be an american. what he really meant is he needs to lear

out of the altamont pass or through the altamont pass, in fact it is heavy from westbound 205 and tracy. we'll keep track of it for you. bay bridge toll, a minor wait now for some of the cash paying lanes. >>> 6:02. we begin with developing news in oakland. right now police are looking for a gunman who shot five people last night while they waited outside a theater. police were call to the regal theater on second and washington shortly after 9:30 last night. the victims were waiting outside to see spieser hand when a car pull up someone opened fire. three were able to get themselves to a nearby hospital, two were taken by ambulance. police say the victims are all expected to survive. amy hollyfield will have a live report. >>> caltrain beginning major new project today aimed at getting better information to commuters. katie marzullo joins us live from the station. >> reporter: of course you've caught us in between trains at this moment as fate would always have it. we've been out here we've seen people coming and going and hoping and assuming that their train is coming and going on time

nbc's tracie potts has more on this from washington. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. six stops in ohio and pennsylvania. the bus will begin just before lunch today and in addition to hitting some key states, he's also going to go after some key constituencies there. polls are showing us that while he's doing very well with women, he's not doing a well with working class men. he will certainly run into a lot of them in the midwest. the bus tour focusing on areas of accomplishment and challenges like immigration policy, swearing in new citizens and talking about pushing laws like the dream act that will allow more citizens to stay. meantime mitt romney in new hampshire at a picnic, not focusing so much on the hard issues, however, he is answering a lot of questions about whether the new health care mandate is a tax or whether it's a penalty. he said in massachusetts it was a penalty, but the stream court says it's a tax and romney said the same yesterday. tomorrow we focus again on the economy and job numbers coming out. >> tracie potts in washington. thanks. >>> well,

you could cut through westbound 32 and get back on tracy boulevard. we will have much more traffic coming up. >>> the pentagon is reporting the deaths of two soldiers from northern california. they were killed last week. 23 year-old first lieutenant died from an improvised explosive device. and 25 year-old specialist was killed on friday. opponents of ashdod's regime the united nations does about 2000 people have fled the fighting in up hello. presidential republican kevin dicandidate spoke briefly to soe other veterans and thank them for their service burgeron may also wrapping up a overseas trip after speaking in poland. romney is being criticized for clemency made saying israel is better off then palestine. >>> the direct singh on it, >>> a house boat could happen as soon as tomorrow over sanctions over ironic. a mass of par outage in india today. hundreds of trains were stalled, and workers had to rush generators to workers stuck in coal mines underground. a major bank to get on facebook, the eat financial loss that's sparked a big lawsuit >>> and

tracy is exactly right. this is not an either/or equation.o college and getting a liberal arts degree, odds are you're wasting your parent' money. look long-term 50% of money with a college degree and unemployment for college graduates not just those under 24 are about half of the national unemployment rate. and we're looking a

you'll notice 22 miles an hour as you head out of tracy.ill stays under a 30 miles an hour as you make your on to the 580 and altamont pass. san mateo bridge, no delays. >> kristen: kids, vacation this summer with grandparents. its trend. >> here is this morning's business reported. >> good morning, college students are tackling more debt without the help of mom and dad according to a study. that is the lender known as sally mae, 18% of students are spending through loans this academic year. that is compared to 14% back in 2008 school year. since the recession ended in 2009 majority of jobs have been going to men. this is from the bureau of labor statistics. men have accounted for 80% of the new jobs, especially when it comes to manufacturing, retail and financial industries. families are taking vacations to a whole new level. babyboomers with time and money on their hands are choosing more trips with their kids and grandkids. "wall street journal" says resorts and all inclusive tours and some vacations cater exclusively to families. >> kri

let's go to steve. >>> we have a picture from tracy, jacqueline, sprinkles, some sprinkles how aboutical moisture coming up, remains of hurricane fabio, a couple, oh, look at that, all the way up to sierrnevada it is 60 degrees, very warm, i will mention higher humidity and a couple of garden valley. we continue to keep close and 76, palo alto, 75, up about 3 and 80 and san jose, although the higher clouds can put a lid on this once they clear. they show plenty out there most of it not reaching the ground and it is very light, look how close it is right in the middle of the state. that will allow temperatures to warm up and we will lose those higher clouds tomorrow. a lot of clouds drizzle, 60s and 70s, 82 in san leandro, 84 gilroy, cupertino 70, 75 woodside and it will have more, water temperatures inland as we head to weekend. >>> look to the left of your screen, a man grabs a little girl in broad daylight. what happens next and will that child be able to get away. >>> we are live in san jose and the surprising answer he had about today's kicking out. . >>> good morning san mateo b

long tunnel from the sacramento river to tracy.dea is to send northern california water south to homes in los angeles and farmers in the central valley. >> any plan of this magnitude will drawl many levels of criticism, and concern and questions. so we're taking them all. >> and indeed, opponents from environmentalist to farmers and fishermen and lawmakers, they were quick and loud with their objections. >> it does not make sense to me. it is another half baked idea. the environmental studies are not complete. >> the plan calls for the restoration of the sacramento san joaquin delta, a vast area of water and wildlife that has suffered a steady decline as the state's cities

tracie, good morning to you. >> hi, lynn. good morning, everyone. it's not just democrats as you mentioned who want to see more of what romney has earned in recent years but now prominent republicans as well. mississippi governor haley barbour, alabama's governor bentley also calling on him to release those returns. no word from the romney camp that any further release is on the way, and they are not alone. texas governor rick perry, a former republican rival says that romney should be as open as possible. meantime on the other side we've got republicans criticizing the obama campaign for what they're saying about mitt romney. john mccain calls the campaign disgraceful for targeting those tax returns and romney's time with bain capital. he calls it chicago-style sleazy campaigning and saying the focus should the be on5 trillion added to the deficit. meantime former new hampshire governor john sununu said he shouldn't have said that president obama needs to learn to be an american. what he really meant is he needs to learn the american formula for bu

traffic is slow westbound 205 out of tracy not a big surprise, 22 miles per hour right now.w ride as you head through tracy into the altamont pass where traffic then also sluggish now 36 miles per hour, definitely starting to slow down as you make your way into livermore. if you want to avoid that and take ace train, no delays now. bart, caltrain and muni also looking good. >>> 5:40. we wanted to remind but our new alarm clock app for the iphone join the cool people by downloading it for free from apple's app store and receive bay area news headlines the moment you wake up. >> i've never felt so cool. >>> next, fallout from the fire walk -- from the firewalk gone bad what tony robbins is now saying. >>> third night of protest after police shooting of unarmed anaheim man. >>> why the maker of the muppets is no longer doing business with a big chain. >>> welcome back in southern california low tess planned in anaheim after deadly police shooting of and you armed man this is the third night last night several dozen people marched through the neighborhood where the 25-year-old m

. >>> still ahead i will talk to trayvon martin's parents, sybrina full son and tracy martin. >>> first we want to get to the top stories making news. christine romans has that for us. >> one day after a bomber killed his top general, his defense minister and brother-in-law, we still haven't seen or heard from syrian president bashar al-assad. rebel forces continuing their assault on damascus over night vowing to liberate the capital. >>> the u.n. security council votes on a new syria resolution that threatens non-military sanctions against assad's regime if he doesn't withdraw troops andheavy weapon from populated asias with areas in ten days. russia is expected to block the measure. >>> more than 30 injured on a bus carrying israeli tourists. a short time ago an israeli air force plane picked up injured civilians. bulgarian releasing footage of the bomber before the attack. they have the fingerprints and recovered what the fbi is calling a fake i.d. from the state of michigan. police in philadelphia searching for a predator this morning. take a look at this video of a 10-year-old girl

it brought in some tropical clouds, and out towards tracy stockton and more of this will push off to the east. it is close right now and you will probably see it when it really picked up 23 miles per hour southwest and lows very mild for some, mid-50s for others, it will be cooler coast and bay but it takes another 24 hours or so before anything settles in along the entire coast each day it is a little bit stronger and temperatures inland will come down and not going down too far on the coast. fog, sun, clouds off to the east, cooler breezy, down towards san jose, had a nice tweet from robby, and it is about 20 miles per hour, low-to- mid 90s. now the fog will continue to ramp up and it will be most inland locations, temperatures will settle in, very low 80s even in to sum of the areas. pam. >>> san francisco police are looking for two gunmen. the boy was shot just before 7:00 near north ridge road. the teen was taken to the hospital and his condition has not been released. >>> richmond police are looking for two men who shot two other men. they pulled up at 11:20 a.m. and asked the

the state of a florida teen, wayne tracy, is now in the jury's hands.the 15-year-old girl, or did he know exactly what he was doing? take a look at this. it is a brutal attack. 15-year-old josie lou ratley kicked and stomped in the head over and over again by 17-year-old wayne tracy. just hours before the two florida steens -- teens got into a fight while text messaging. at one point during the nasty 45-minute exchange josie references wayne's sibling who had rec

tracie potts live for news london. thank you, tracie. the games kick off right here on nbc4. coverage of the opening ceremony starts tonight at 7:30. wei we want to know who you think might light the calderon tonight. >>> 6:08 is your time. 76 degrees. ahead, the surprising book making the rounds in the nats clubhouse. >>> how robert griffin iii is showing he is just like any other rookie. >>> george zimmerman had one and now his parents have a website as well. the message they are trying to get out. >>> when the sunny sky could ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >>> right now we're in the 70s. later today we'll be reaching 90. by noontime, mid 90s late afternoon. early evening good get storms. some of the storms may linger until midnight tonight. sent-day outlook at 6:21. a look at traffic now with danella. >> right now first4 traffic report, live look at chopper 4 at fairfax county parkway. nice and

tracie potts, nbc news, london. >>> severe weather hits part of the midwest and east yesterday. in new york, apassable tornado brought down trees and power lines. there were multiple reports of damaged buildings but nobody was injured. curfew is in effect, while fallen trees and power lines are being cleared, and new york's governor has declared a state of emergency there. >>> meanwhile, the drought affecting two-thirds of the u.s. is getting worse. a new report says 20% of the nation is now in the most extreme stages of drought, and that's a 7% increase in the last week. the states with the worst conditions is colorado, iowa, kansas, nebraska, and missouri, and conditions are not expected to get better anytime soon with a little more rain and intense summer seat unfortunately in the forecast. here is a first look of other news around america today. a brawl erupted outside a missouri courthouse. it's the scuffle after the son of a murder witness approached a group. >> police arrested both men after viewing the fight. >> and the accident occurred after a suspect sped away from po

tracie potts, live for news london. thank you. >>> we'll have much more olympic coverage ahead in 40 minutes. dan hellie will join us live from london approximately local field hockey players in action today. >>> another olympic athlete sent packing from london. the remark that cost that person a chance at gold. >>> ahead, new fears along a popular beach after a man is rushed to the hospital. >>> warm start to the morning as you get ready to head out the door. how hot it's going to nchtsds r. >>> around metro area, low 70s. montgomery county, by near time, near 80 and partly sunny. mid afternoon, showers and downpours. typical for much of the region. those are likely continue into this evening. >>> your seven-day outlook at 6:21. danella, how is traffic? >> a live look at 50. volume is starting to increase. for now, checking travel speeds in your area. 53 miles per hour in fairfax county parkway to the beltway, the that drive taking 11 minutes. no issues to report. travel lanes are open. eun and aaron, back over to you.

it's starting to build out of tracy in toward livermore for westbound 580.ically the altamont pass. we have another minute added on but it's showing the trend. also slowing coming at the interchange for westbound 580 and northbound 680 though it doesn't look like much now, over the last five minutes i saw a good deal of slowing through dublin into san ramon. so i'll continue to track that, may abblip for the morning. we haven't seen incidents, again tracking that as well as the castro valley y, at the limit, up to the bay bridge no problem. to the san mateo bridge a smooth drive. we head west with the taillights away from the toll plaza, you heard about all of the fare increases. the toll plaza, the san mateo bridge or the golden gate bridge we have a fee across all toll bridges increasing for multi-axle vehicles. that's three or more that they talk about. passenger vehicles likely not affected. they have a fare increase that kicks in today. commuters probably not affected. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:37. debunking myths at the gas pump. >> reporter: gym

tracy has more for us. hi, tracy. >> good morning to you. as some investors took comfort from the china pmi figures others just simply shrug them off. they reverse earlier losses to finish higher. the losses in the banking sector capped the market's upside. the hong kong market ended lower after shutting in the morning session due to a typhoon wrarns. the nikkei dropped for the first time in six weeks on spain concerns, exporters were badly hit pushing the index of japan's sector to a three year low as the yen strengthened against the dollar and euro. south korea had gains in blue chip stongs despite the ongoing concerns over euro zone's crisis. the chip maker sk gained 2.1% and hyundai motor added 1.8%. elsewhere australia finished marginally higher, and that's amid light trading vok. they're supported by the right in the flash china pmi for july. the margin is higher. ross, back to you. >> thanks for that, tracy. joshua raymond is in london and joins us now. we fried to bounce this morning and not really happening. where do we go from here

tracie potts is live in london for thus morning with more on all that. hey, tracie. rrp aaron, good morning. let's talk about the fab five, those five teenagers who could make history. you mow the u.s. women's gymnastics team has not won a gold medal since atlanta, 1996. 16 years ago. in fact, pretty much all of these team members weren't even in preschool yet. one wasn't even born. they are hoping to make history. the key here is going to be whether jordyn wieber who fill failed the qualified for the all around finals will be able to pull it together and help her team win. also possibly breaking records today, swimmer michael phelps in the 200 meter butterfly. it is his signature event. if he wins, he will become the first male to win three individual events in a row. also, if he wins that and participates in the relay, we don't know that yet, and gets two medals, he will become the most decorated olympian in history. we're also waiting to see if local swimmer matt mcclain of arlington may end up making that team and margot shumway from arlington, she was third yest

we're going to check in with tracie potts live in london.we can expect from bay area olympians and go behind the scenes with natalie coughlin from the bay area, of course, and that controversial decision to pull her from the pool. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios span of the golden gate bridge. they got some mist out there, too. i guess it's comfortable if you're running outside in the morning. our temperatures, 55 right now, san francisco and oakland. seeing drizzle in the east bay this morning. 58 in san jose. our day planner forecast replaces like san francisco and the coast probably trending partly cloudy by the afternoon. a cool day. even our inland valleys today, mid-70s to some lower 80s inland today in the skies we're seeing right now in san francisco, not too different from the changes we're seeing late this afternoon. right now in london, temperature in the 60s. that's the view you're seeing over

westbound 580, we had a bad start, 580 coming from the tracy area to livermore, not all that great but give yourself an extra 10 or 15 minutes if you can. >> there is also a lot of tropical clouds with big time thunderstorms in contra coster and tracy. >> most of the moisture will push north and east and it is showing good strength here cooler coast and bay no doubt about it but not as hot as we had on the weekend and maybe a few build ups of those tropical clouds. temperatures coming to be right around 80s and 90s and it will be 60s and 70s. >>> anything over 20 in fairfield, even in morgan hill, 15 to 25 and 60s on the lows, 50s for some, that tropical cloud cover continues right down central california and we may get a few build ups but it up a changes. warm inland and still very hot for some, petaluma what mid-90s in antioch brentwood san jose, saratoga los gatos, santa clara 60s and 70s and 80s south of san francisco and also peninsular. cooler weather will start to win out and no doubt about it, cooling trend will take us to the end of the week with your weekend always in view it

beyond 205 to 580 traffic light, leaving tracy into dublin pleasanton.. >>> coming up next, unusual wallet that oakland police will hope will a killer. >>> a jetliner bound for san francisco comes to an unexpected stop, mid-takeoff. what happened when the pilot hit the brakes.ñcús here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> some virgin air passengers are in san francisco after their flight from l.a. aborted takeoff yesterday. the pilot chose to slam on the brakes after an indicator light came on. luckily, no one was hurt but it was scary for passengers. >> swerve and the slamming on the brakes not the normal thing. we weren't in the air. it was like going really fast in a car and you slam the brakes. >> passengers were put on a different plane which landed at sfo hours later. officials tell abc7 news they are still investigating the specific issue but

slow heading out of tracy and stockton. if you're looking for an alternate, southbound interstate 5 towards west down 132 and then connect to interstate 580 because this will be a hot spot for at least another 45 minutes. for your weather on this gorgeous day of its check-in with warrants >> looking good out there now, more sunshine and we had yesterday. sunrise now in the bay area is looking good so far. sunny and mild inside the bay but temperatures day above average at least for now and probably for the next few days. we can say thank you to the big ridge of high pressure over the desert southwest. monsoon moisture in southern california but we will stay dry. lots of sunshine just about everywhere you go. no delays at sfo this morning. a chance of thunderstorms in denver. a chance of thunderstorms also in new york city at 77. traveling around the bay you will find temperatures as high as the mid-80s in san jose. 77 in hayward. 94 degrees in livermore, 93 in pleasant hill. inside the day you will find a lot of 60s. 72 in

god's sakes, tracy, where are you? starting a new life. because of the black crusaders?hat's crazy. will you marry me? no. i took that job. blurgh. cough. [coughs] and cough. [coughs] and cough. [coughs] okay, now let's start the examination. are you getting enough sleep? no. you drinking water? no. are you exercising at all? no. and you're still working those long hours?

tracy is the store's manager. >> he decided that he wanted to come through the back door, and you seem get up on the curb and kind of bumps himself up and then he just guns the car and just goes for it. >> in a split second, he's in. glass shatters. the door frames are left a twisted heap of metal. then the customer in black hoodie jumps out of the car. >> pulls in probably about ten feet. you can actually see him get out of his car and starts running. >> he's running, but so is his car. >> heç forgets to put the car n park and the car will just keep driving throughout the store, hitting a fixture and bouncing off on to one of our security off onto one of our security systems. >> the customer is so busy deciding which sex toy he wants to steal, he hardly seems to notice his car rolling down the aisles. >> this is where you can see him coming out, looking for the item. he goes in and grabs a higher-priced item, just to turn it down and pick an item that was of lesser cost. >> with the cheaper simulation device in hand, the porn bandit makes a quick dash back across the aisles to his c

tracie potts, nbc news, london. >>> don't miss the coverage of tonight's historic opening ceremony in london beginning at 7:30 right here on this nbc station. >>> severe weather hit parts of the midwest and northeast on thursday knocking out power to more than 200,000 people. in elmira, new york, a possible tornado brought down trees and power lines. there were multiple reports of damaged buildings but no injuries reported. a curfew is in effect with only emergency vehicles allowed on the streets while fallen trees and power lines are being cleared and new york's governor has declared a state of emergency there. >>> meanwhile, the drought affecting 2/3 of the u.s. is getting worse. a new report from the u.s. drought monitor says 20% of the nation is now in the most extreme stages of drought. that's a 7% increase just in the last week. the states with the worst conditions are colorado, iowa, kansas, nebraska, and missouri. and conditions aren't expected to get better any time soon with little rain and more intense summer heat in the forecast unfortunately. >>> now here's a look at some

the idea would be to curb the need for fish-killing pumps currently in use near tracy. but opponents say the fish would simply be killed up here instead. of the many arguments to fix the delta, including levy, earthquake concerns and water supplies, is the fate of fish, particularly salmon. >> what their basically talking about is wiping out the salmon. >> reporter: he joined many in protests of the bay delta conservation plan announced today by governor jerry brown. >> yes, there's going to be some opposition, political cynicism, activists, whatever. goes with the territory. >> reporter: brown, joined by interior secretary ken salazar, announced a plan to build two huge tunnels to suck water from the sacramento river, bypassing the delta, and delivering it south to pumping stations near tracy. but powerful opponents argue the plan is flowed. >> a 9,000 facility can suck 50% of the water out of the sacramento river before it even gets to the delta. >> reporter: advocates say abundant fresh water is essential to the delta and the bay, and the plan would put the river at

for cbs, ben tracy, los angeles. >> smiles all around, you can see why. that's our report. i'll be back here with topper at 11:00. you can log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you later. have a great night. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world. >>> katie's mission impossible. how she secretly blindsided tom. disposal phone. undercover meetings. we have the complete time line of the split. >> that's when he got the phone call from katie, he was in shock. >>> plus, new video of katie with suri and her mom. visiting the zoo. tom on the set and will and jada and posh and becks. which side will they take? >> he's been there for us and so has katie. >>> alec baldwin's wedd

no major delays out of tracy, it is slow as you head into the altamont pass into livermore.anted to check out the south bay for you on north 101, pockets of slowing from 280 up towards 87. northbound 87 as well around 40 miles an hour near the capital expressway, 280 still looking good. also looking good, bay bridge toll plaza, light. kind of a summertime pattern only backed up to the end of the parking lot. weflt bound 80 crowded but the -- westbound 80 crowded east the maze. other sluggish spots most in the east bay southboñ 680 crowded now approaching highway 24. >>> new morning, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is in london now meeting with current and former heads of the british government. he met with former prime minister tony blair they discussed the need for trade and other kaofps between the u.s. and europe and evidents to bring peace to the mideast. blair now serves as a special envoy to the region in less than an hour romney is set to meet with the current prime minister david cameron. he will travel to poland then israel. we couldn't bring you jane

tra tracy potts is live for us this morning.t is it, the early rounds or something in why is this happening? >> reporter: well, it's a good question and it's a question that a lot of londoners, especially want answered, because they're frustrated, trying to get the tickets. they have been told, well, the only tickets available are the $2,500 tickets or $3,000 tickets and then, you know, the camera sweeps and you see in some cases whole sections with no one there. the london organizing committee is looking into it and think it's corporate seats, blocks of tickets given to corporate sponsors and not given out. not available for you and me and other people to buy online or directly but if the tickets aren't given out, the seats are empty. >> okay. that is so not cool for those of us who would give anything to be there. what about if they have an investigation, tracy, and they find it to be the case, does someone get penalized? is there a problem with this? >> reporter: well, what they're doing now, i mean, they haven't really talke

the state of a florida teen, wayne tracy, is now in the jury's hands. tracy insane when he savagely beat and stomped the 15-year-old girl, or did he know exactly what he was doing? take a look at this. it is a brutal attack. 15-year-old josie lou ratley kicked and stomped in the head over and over again by 17-year-old wayne tracy. just hours before the two florida steens -- teens got into a fight while text messaging. at one point during the nasty 45-minute exchange josie references wayne's sibling who had recently committed suicide. she sends a text saying, "go visit your dead brother." >> that really angered me. usually when i get angry it goes away because i can vent. i don't know. the feeling didn't subside. >> he messaged friends saying "i am going to kill her." asked why and he said "snap her neck and stomp her skull." 2 and a half hours later wayne waits outside josie's school. when she emerges he uhing tays kicking her with a steel-towed boot. josie is knocked unconscious by at least five heavy blows to the head. afterward wayne is brought to th

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elsewhere good news that accident in tracy westbound 205 before mountain house finally cleared. have lifted the "sig alert." traffic will begin flowing better. expect company up and over the altamont pass into the dublin pleasanton area shortly since that accident has been cleared. another look at drive times, 880 drive past the coliseum highway 4 looking good this morning. 580 over the altamont pass and quickly let's take a look at the oakland situation on the traffic spotter waze app, free app, very slow through the oakland area. >>> 6:39. >>> u.s. automaker says it has too many trucks in stock. trading underway on wall street. live report from the new york stock exchange straight first we see the dow is off myself teen points. >>> new this morning, one -- one of the world's largest countries left in the dark. the new power outage sweeping india. >>> he already has 17 career medals and he's going for more. the olympic history swimmer michael phelps could make today in london. building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need..