looking at the "u.s.s. hornet." we'll show you what's planned there to celebrate a historical moment. >>> president obama begins the day trying to figure out a way to make progress op the debt crisis. house speaker john boehner walked out on talks with the president. the president asked boehner to return today to resume talks, but also asked senate majority leader har i reid and mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi to be at the table as well. this follows boehner's rejection yesterday of one-on-one talks with the president. each blames the other for the breakdown in talks. washington has less than two weeks before the august 27d deadline to come up with a plan to cut deficits and raise the debt ceiling or risk seeing the nation default on its financial obligations for the first time ever. a partial shutdown of the faa is now in effect after congress missed the deadline to extend the operating authority. experts say this should not affect your trip, because air traffic controllers, safety inspectors and other security pe

sabias que uno de los lugares mas embrujados de estados unidos es el u.s.s hornet que esta en el estejulio me armo de valor y me voy a visitar esta enorme embarcacion naval que existe desde 1943 y que esta estacionada ahora como museo en alameda para contarles muchos datos interesantes de este lugar y por que dicen que ahi "espantan". --asi que desde ahi... tendremos cobertura de la celebracion del 4 de julio...y solo los que no tenemos miedo vamos ahi. anchor gracias por acompanarnos , los dejo con el noticiero nacional de telemundo con jose diaz balart

vo-blanca sabia usted que uno de los lugares mas embrujados de estados unidos es el u.s.s hornet queeste 4 de julio me armo de valor y me voy a visitar este enorme portaaviones que existe desde 1943 y que esta anclado ahora como museo en alameda y bueno vamos a estar en vivo a las 6 de la tarde como le digo este lunes para contarles muchos datos interesantes de este lugar y por que dicen que ahi "espantan". --y por supuesto que tendremos los detalles como sera la celebracion del 4 de julio alli. cu --asi llegamos al final de nuestro programa. --no se pierda maÑana noticiero telemundo 48 a las 6 de la tarde con cesar bayona. --soy blanca garza, que

if you are a small business, and you see your income go down because of costs and fees, u.s.s. customer or pass them on to your customer, mike restauranteur regarding the health-care fees. -- like regarding the health care fees. it is only fair that they can do that, and i asked you today to pass the resolution that supervisor campos has put before you. [bell] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am with the united taxicab workers. i am here to urge you to support supervisor campos' resolution. a similar resolution was passed by the san francisco labor counsel, as for good reason. this is an issue for cabdrivers. it is an economic burden on people who can least afford it, but it is more than an economic issue, because from the public's standpoint, they are frequently being inconvenienced by the fact that drivers are made responsible for these everth. auf i have heard this from passengers. i have heard this from other drivers, that some drivers are either refusing to take credit out right or discouraging their clients from using credit. this can be a severe inconvenience for somebo

you can see san francisco's fireworks from the deck of the "u.s.s hornet" in almead amp $10 for kids, for adults. the fireworks start there at 9:30. or head to foster city's leoj. ryan park. there will be a show at berkeley marina at 9:30 and the milpitas sports center. morgan hill community park will have fireworks when it's dark. the last ones are all free. for a complete list of fireworks, head to nbcbayarea.com. if you and your family want to stay closer to home, we have you covered. nbc is your home for the macy's 4th of july fireworks. beyonce and brad paisley will be among the performers. catch them tonight at 9:00 p.m. on nbc bay area. >> reporter: 4th of july of no holiday for soldier serving in afghanistan. the men and women serving in the middle east did not take the day off, however they did take time off to remember independence day. general david petraeus is visit something on his farewell tour before he heads to his new post as director of the cia. >> it will be a real privilege to serve with them and to work with them as we do all that we can to help the efforts here.

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u.s.ing jobs in the u.s. and the eu. that is not acceptable. we are arguing there should be a level playing field so companies are not obliged to move to china. >> and looking ahead, tuesday's wto ruling may just open the door to even more complaints, this time about china's quotas on exports of rare earth minerals. those are used in a wide range of high-tech products from hybrid cars to missiles. they've been tightening export controls over the past year. that's caused prices to skyrocket and the u.s. and eu have threatened to take the issue to the wto as well. nina? >> you know, ramy, china is on the hunt for me resources. we hear they're working out a deal for the coal reserves. of course, china uses huge amounts of coal. >> yeah, that's right. there's been a huge international fight for the reserve. the reason is it could very well be the world's largest reserve of coking coal. and that coking coal is used to make steel. so let me give you a breakdown of which countries won the long fought bid. in a big handshake to neighboring china with t

the sculpture was on display this afternoon at the u.s.s. hornet museum. it's in the bay area.the statute will be on display at san francisco's pier 45. >>> the president says it is the single most important step the united states has ever taken to cut our dependence on foreign oil. >>> the search is on for a couple of sea lions what they have wrapped around their necks that has rescuers worried. >>> new at 6:00, these special washing machines could protect firefighters from cancer causing agents and ktvu was there when local firefighters got them a year ago. but hear why a bay area city won't let them use it. >> we're on a search and destroy mission in the delta against one of the most difficult to destroy invasive species. will the new project work? >>> then it cleared the first hurdle today. the plan that could change the impact of your boat, tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> president obama unveiled landmark new fuel efficiency standards today. they will require cars and light trucks to get an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025 which is twice the cu

veterans gathered at u.s.s. remembered those that didn't come back. >> it was the culmination of the ending of a very bitter war. [ "taps" playing ] >> she was just a few miles from times square when the celebration happened. >> people could start living again. they started doing that, it's very important to me. >> the idea of an annual tribute came from the nurse in the photo when she visited the bay area in february 2010. she died four months later but her vision lives on with a national spirit of '45. >> the couple are leaving here for the veterans' home in yountville eventually wiped go up in san jose for the spirit of 45. >> it will be in history park. >>> five new ones will take part in the march of the penguins. this shows last year's march. babies are mature enough to rejoin their group. this year, four males and one female hatched in mid may and they will return to the colony. for five weeks they were carefully raised behind the scenes for caretakers who hand fed them and taught them how to fish and swi

veterans gathered at the u.s.s.the ceremony and remembering those who didn't come back. >> that was kind of the culmination of an ending of a long and bitter war. [taps playing] >> one of them is this woman of castro valley. she was just a few minutes from times square when it happened. >> it was over and people could start living again, and there were not young men -- the man started playing the bugle, i have to -- it's very important to me. >> the idea of the unsung hero came from edith shane, the nurse in the photo when she visited the bay in 2010. she died four months later, but her vision lives on with a national spirit of 45 days. it will be on the road in the bay area state. they are leaving for the veterans home and then for pier 45 in san francisco and eventually ending up in san jose on august 14th for the spirit of 45-day. the spirit will be in history park. abc7 news. >>> five new penguin chicks will take part in the annual par of the penguins at the san francisco zoo this morning. this video showed the

. >> oh, a big welcome home for eight sailors from the u.s.s. george washington.ng in japan, it's all part of navy week in michigan. some relatives saying they haven't seen their loved ones in years. >> it's a lot different than talking on the phone, talking on facebook. >> worried all the time. if i don't hear from her, i wonder is she okay. >> i'm happy to be home. just, nice. >> oh, the sailors do have to report back to the ship soon, but they'll have all week to spend with their families on dry land. a shocking death involving a popular television game show, a 60-year-old man killed and what went wrong. rescuers working furiously at the scene after building collapse. over a dozen people hurt and more believed to be trapped underneath all that rubble. and a heatwave here in the united states, smothering huge parts of the country. where temperatures may skyrocket. it's a dangerous situation we're following. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] achievement: has big plans. ♪ achievement: plays well with others. ♪ achievement: loves getting its hands dirty. ♪ achievement: is rea

formerly stationed at pearl harbor, hawaii, u.s.s.n the bronx. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right. it's going to be fun. what's your name? >> my name is corporal munoz. i'm from 6th motor transport battalion. and i'm here to motivate my marines. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how long are you here for now? just a week? >> i'm stationed down at the shore in jersey. >> jimmy: so you're there with snooki and the situation? [ laughter ] someone's got to keep them in line. all right, so you guys know how the game works. we have to pick a bucket number and then we'll dump that bucket on your head. but first let's find out what's in some of today's buckets. >> well, we have baked beans, brown gravy, glittery confetti, maple syrup, chocolate syrup, melted ben and jerry's "late night" snack ice cream or $100. jimmy? >> jimmy: very good. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] all right, buddy. you go first. audience, do you want to help him out? what number should he pick? [ audience shouting ] >> i'm going to go with number four, jimm

in march of 2009 the u.s.s. hartford, a 17-year-old los angeles class submarine was steaming into port in the straits of hormuzz. visibility was low -- hurmuz. visibility was low. out of the blue they were struck by the u.s.s. san antonio, an lpd amphibious ship, which collided with the hartford. the hartford rolled 35 degrees, throwing sailors, anything that wasn't tied down flying in the air. the good news the collision did no have a breach in the submarine. there was no leak in the pressure hull. it was badly torn 20 to 25 degrees. the ship limped home in groton, connecticut, which was a tough voyage going across the atlantic, again, riding at the surface, which people who knows submariners, is the worst place to ride a subman, but it made it back to port. the challenge was for the ship yard of how to repair a ship that was 17 years old, that was built with totally different technology, hand-drawn prints, a work force that had largely retired and parts that really weren't in existence anymore. but the folks a

when the u.s.s.truck, after three failed missile strikes, two of his operatives were killed but awlaki disappeared. still the number one tart. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> some lighter news now, an amazing sight in an east los angeles neighborhood. a stolen car slammed into a fire hydrant, shearing it off and sending a geyser of water more than 100 feet into the air yesterday. look at that. it took crews more than two hours totoinally shut off all that water. two homes had to be evacuated. the driverer actually suffered some head injuries. he was taken to the hospital and then as you can imagine was arrested. >> a lot of wasted water there. >> at least they kept cool. >> probably some places in the country would have appreciated a cool-down like that. >>> the hunt for casey anthony shows no signs of slowing down. where is she? many people are wondering. a woman who looked a lot like anthony was seen getting off of a plane at orlando's executive airport yesterday, running into a building,

caucuses that we had, i watched john glenn stand and say, i'm going to go out on the aircraft carrier u.s.s. kennedy, and on saturday. would anyone like to go? i'm a new senator and that's john glenn, and i thought everyone would raise their hand and march off with him. i was the only one that raised my hand. so i did. i went out with him. it was a wonderful experience. we -- the seas with were a little bit rough and we landed in the airplane, snagged that airplane going in. we were there for many hours and the seas got roughered and rougher understand and the pilots coming in -- this is the first time they had land hon an aircraft carrier. and we went on the deck of the ship and the planes would come in -- ahhh, man. the crews -- they didn't think the plane could land or was going too far off one end, dirty, dirty -- that meant get the plane up off the carrier and go up and try again. did that for quite sometime. then john glenn said, i think i should go up in one of those airplanes. john glenn went up and flew an aimplet i don't know how old john glenn was. a young man, he was 65, 25 year

and cheers and plenty of tears as these eight sailors, from the u.s.s.washington returned back home in detroit. they have been at sea for more than a year, stationed in japan. >> not a lot of people have the courage and bravery that these men and women that are serving and are leaving their families and some of them pay the ultimate price. >> i'm happy to be home. it's nice. >> these sailors aren't just home on a break, they're taking part in initial navy week which starts tomorrow. those are your headlines. >> clayton: thank you, ainsley. let's check with rick for the hot forecast. >> that's it. brutally hot across the plains and 82 in kansas city, feels like 85 or 86 and just starting your morning. if you've got to get out, get out in the morning or night, but the heat in the middle of the the day. across the central plains, now it's stretching a little closer towards the great lakes and it's going to very slowly my great off toward the east and expand. not going away here, but also extend out to the the east as we move through parts of this coming wee