i'm tanya rivero. overseas markets are once again in a decline over the global some bright spots this morning. tokyo's nikkei average lost 150. hong kong's hang seng was in late trading. in london the ftse opened higher. stock futures suggest the dow could gain a few points today but nervous investors are still looking to washington to restore confidence. here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: asian markets are reeling today. stocks plummeted over investors' fears about the weak global economy and the continuing massive sell-off on wall street. >> it's a complete meltdown like the or the financial tsunami. there is a complete loss of confidence. >> reporter: yesterday was simply brutal on wall street. the dow closed at its lowest level in ten months. the 634-point plunge was the sixth biggest drop ever and capped a 12-day sell-off that erased 15% from the dow. more than $2 trillion of stock market wealth wiped out over concerns about the ongoing debtw crisis in europe and now the u.s. credit downgrad

rob and tanya? >> quake snobs. >> quake snobs, i like that term. i like that term a lot. washington monument did suffer some cracks at the top. that will be off-limits today while they try to make repairs. >> it's worth mentioning as well that 24 hours ago a 5.3 magnitude quake hit southern colorado. a less populated area. less people were affected. but earthquake going on there, too. >> not just california. fault lines all ovov the country. no one has a monopoly on that stuff. >> that's for sure. >> scary, huh? >>> in other news, moammar gadhafi vows his forces will fight until either victory or death. the libyan leader has not been seen since before rebels overran his compound in tripoli yesterday. though gadhafi's rule is essentially over, there are still pockets of resistance around the city and victory will not be complete until gadhafi and his sons are found. >>> major economic news in japan. moody' downgraded the japanese government's credit rating to aa3 from aa2. three notches below somber

. >> i'm tanya rivero. it sounds like a recipe for disaster, as hurricane irene heads towards north carolina's coast, where evacuations are under way. and already, supplies are being packed up to be shipped to the bahamas, where a lot of damage is expected. >> 90% of homes have been damaged and destroyed already in the bahamas. that was a cat 2. and could be a cat 4 by tonight. >> pretty scary, absolutely. >>> also this half hour, how police in a small tennessee town managed to track down an unusual criminal. she is accused of stealing all of the coupons inserted into sunday newspapers. >> keep your hands off my coupons. >>> and later on, from the saloon to the salon. that microbrew is not only a tasty adult beverage, it is a shampoo that can perk up your hairdo. >> that's what i'm talking about. that's good, good stuff there. >>> before all of that, the monster storm that is raging closer and closer to the east coast. >> hurricane irene is unleashing dangerous winds on the bahamas this morning and rapidly

rob, tanya? >> quite a family. >> absolutely. >> all rightht, diana, thank yo for that. >>> we turn to the economy this morning where today could be another wild ride. the stock market finished up nearly 4% yesterday. the fourth straight day of radical swings. new reports due out today on retail sales and business inventories could make that five in a row. all of this may feel a lot like the crisis of 2008 but there are some important differences. >> unlike 2008, the system is functioning. the plumbing of the system is fine. in 2008, the plumbing got clogged and therefore, the system got very near to totata breakdown. >> stock markets in asia opened higher today. investors hope, of course, the u.s. markets follow the trend. >>> and here is your friday forecast. stormy with gusty winds, hail and flash floods around minneapolis, des moines, oklahoma city, kansas city, and little rock. showers and thunderstorms from eastern new mexico to western texas. thunderstorms from new orleans to miami. >> 94

rob and tanya? >> thanks a lot, t.j. >>> now, for the latest on the track of this cat 3 storm, let's turn to accuweather. >> our coverage continues with meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and tanya. well, good news is, hurricane irene is turning to the north. eventually northeast. that means no direct landfall for florida or south carolina. that means that north carolina, the storm is approaching. we are expecting it to make landfall here late saturday. between moorehead city and cape hatteras, as a major category 3 hurricane. bringing winds potentially up to and over 115 miles per hour, 120 miles per hour. and rolling through to new england. the impact friday night, making landfall along new engla. major flooding from the storm surge, along with torrential rainfall. then the storm moves over the outebanks, towards delmarva and into the northeast and new england, bringing massive flooding here, including for new york city. rob and tanya, back to you. >> jim, thank you.

rob, tanya? >> diana, thank you. >>> tropical storm emily is picking up steam as it makes a bee line for haiti and the dominican republic this afternoon. there were no reports of major damage or injuries after the storm brushed past puerto rico. flooding could be a big problem on hispaniola where hundreds of thousands of haitians have been without shelter since last ç year's earthquake. emily still poses a threat to the carolina outer banks. >> getting to the heart of storm season, here we go. >> yes, we are. >>> take a look at your wednesday weather now. another soaker in the desert southwest with flooding from albuquerque to salt lake city. showers and thunderstorms from louisville to pittsburgh. popup afternoon showers down in florida. more blistering heat from texas to georgia. >> indeed. 108 in dallas. 99 in atlanta. a mild 76 in boston. 86 here in new york. 80s across the midwest. a red-hot 111 in phoenix. sacramento 87. seattle 77. >>> well, there is a new attraction over at the indianapo

daniel and tanya? >> karen travers, thank you. >>> what do the latest bleak numbers mean for the millions of retirement plans and what about people who have been struggling to make ends meet? wabc's jeff begays looks at the fear and its impact. >> harlem is the soul of new >> reporter: vonda jamieson has had to build a new career literally from the ground up. >> these are your t-shirts? >> reporter: she's selling t-shirts on a harlem sidewalk. >> how much do they sell for? >> $12. >> reporter: a year and a half ago she worked for a company in advertising until she lost her job. what do you think about this economy? >> i don't think it's going to get better any time soon. >> reporter: investors aren't optimistic about the economy either. when the closing bell rang, the market had lost more than 500 points. capping a miserable stretch. and with the u.s. government poised to release unemployment numbers, the drumbeat of bad news is expected to continue. >> i don't think there's any good news. you've got t

rob, tanya? >> diana alvear, thank you. >>> some models of the most popular vehicle on the road are being recalled. ford says the metal straps that hold the gas tanks on some of its pickups can rust and break. that had led to several incidents in which the tanks have fallen off and caused fires. 1.1 million pickups frfr the 1997 through 2004 model years are covered by the recall. >>> a tropical storm battering the eastern caribbean could be heading to florida as a hurricane. tropical storm emily is expected to skirt by puerto rico before making a direct hit on the dominican republic. emily's now on track to turn heavy rain on the bahamas and come ashore as a hurricane on saturday just north of ft. lauderdale. it is storm season. >> we are keeping an eye on all that. >> that's for sure, here we go. >>> and here is your tuesday forecast. stormy with large hail and flash flooding from des moines to pittsburgh. showers and thunderstorms in vermont and maine. scattered thunderstorms from houston to mi

>> reporter: tanya, he could really shake up the field. one thing you keep hearing from republican voters and party establishment is they're not satisfied with the field. they would like others to get in and rick perry can certainly benefit from some of that apathy. right now mitt romney is the front-runner but that might be a tenuous position. they found he is a close second behind romney and can make strides once he starts campaigning and hits the road in south carolina, new hampshire and iowa and, tanya, that is, of course, when all of the media scrutiny will begin. >> karen travers in washington, ththk you. >>> getting interesting for sure. while the candidates were in iowa president obama was raising money for democrats rat a pair of fund-raisers in new york. he talked about the frustrations of washington politics before a star-studded crowd including gwyneth paltrow and vera wang. >>> on top of that the president is catching some heat even from some of his supporters who say this is no time for the country's chief executive to be goi

rob and tanya? >> thanks, jeannette. and now here's a look at the rest of your weather. a stormy day in the midwest. gusty winds, hail, and flash flooding in minneapolis, chicago, des moines, and milwaukee. also stormy from st. louis to northern arkansas. thundersrms from the carolinas into the gulf coast. showers in the southwest. >> 93 in albuquerque. 92 in sacramento. and 76 in seattle. indianapolis at 84. omaha 91. dallas 104. doesn't ever end for the folks in dallas. 90s from new orleans to atlanta and 77 in boston. >>> all right. our other major story this morning is unfolding drama in libya. rebels had claimed they had moammar gadhafi's son, saif, in custody, but he turned up overnight at a hotel where western journalists are staying. >> his sudden appearance sent the capital into confusion as rebel leaders tried to sort things out. saif's father, meanwhile, has not been seen in the past 24 hours. john hendren is joining us now from washington with more on this. hi, john. >> reporter: good mo

rob, tanya? >> diana alvear, thank you. >>> two people are in critical condition after a powerful explosion at a commercial building in los angeles. the blast tore a huge hole through the roof of the alternative energy company in the san fernando valley yesterday. investigators say it appears to be an accident possibly caused by compressed gas. >>> a big disappointment for an amazing swimmer. 61-year-old diana nyad had to abandon her second attempt to swim from cuba to key west. she swam for 29 hours but said a combination of high wind, choppy waters, even asthma attacks kept her from going all the way. nyad's first attempt to make the trek was in 1978 when she was 28 years old. she said she wanted to swim to inspire others her age to live active lives. >>> new satellite imagery from nasa shows the effects of japan's tsunami were felt and seen 8,000 miles away. the giant wave caused huge icebergs in antarctica to break off and float into the sea. these pictures were taken in march. even though th

. >> and i'm tanya rivero. >>> president obama made the announcement last night. a deal to allow the government to continuing borrow in exchange for major spending cuts. >> now a vote in congress could come as early as tomorrow. top lawmakers have to twist a few arms in all of this. we have the details from washington. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning. at least four people accepted this deal. president obama, speaker boehner and the leaders of both parties in the senate. the trick now is getting enough support in congress in getting the deal to the president's desk. the deal is done. now, president obama is trying to calm america's nerves and the world's financial markets, saying it's time to vote. >> it will allow us to avoid default. and end the crisis that washington imposeded on the rest of america. >> reporter: asian stock markets liked ththnews. but, with less than two days before the united states risks a default that so many say would catastrophic, it's not clear congress can pass the deal. >> pretty pleased with this, right? >> reporter: spe

. >> good morning, rob and tanya. the heaviest bands and showers and thunderstorms of irene are continuing to move northward into canada. we'll still see lingering showers across southern new england and upstate new york. newark, new jersey, had just under 9 inches of rain associated with irene, while doylestown, pennsylvania, had a little over 7 inches. just because this rain is gone does not mean we're in the clear. we're still having to deal with gusty winds early this morning. they will subside by monday afternoon. as an area of high pressure will continue to build on in, leaving much improved weather conditions for the clean-up as over 4 million are still without power. now back to you, rob and tanya. >> that's the ironic part, the rest of the week in the northeast looks beautiful. >> i know. and right here in manhattan, it's a beautiful day. >> yeah. it's crazy how things change just like that. alex, thanks for an update on the weather. here's a look at the rest of the weather around the country. a sunny, as we

daniel and tanya? >> thanks, scott. >>> now to the political blame game that started with the debt crisis and continues with the credit downgrade. abc's jake tapper offers insight from the white house. >> reporter: if any americans were hoping that the downgrade of the u.s. from aaa to aa-plulus would kick-start some sort of bipartisan cooperation to reduce the deficit and get the economy moving again, as opposed to just the blame game, then they didn't get much solace from monday when president obama and democrats said that the problem was the tea party and republicans who were intransigent during debt ceiling negotiationsnd republicans used the opportunity to criticize president obama and act as if the downgrade was all his fault. there does not seem to be a lot of movement right now in terms of the bipartisan cooperation that standard & poor's criticized for not being around in washington, d.c. they blamed the political dysfunction in this town for the downgrade, saying they did not have any confide

rob and tanya? >> staggering numbers. >>> in the mid-atlantic thousands are spending yet another night without electricity. >> it could be the end of the week before power is back on. karen travers is joining us from washington this morning with more on the struggles there. hi there, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. hurricane irene struck north carolina first and hardest. residents there are cleaning up but it's going to be a difficult process because of damaged infrastructure and massive power outages. after hurricane irene made landfall on n e north carolina coast, residents are starting to pick up the pieces. as if irene's whipping winds and pounding rains weren't enough, a tornado ripped through tyrrell county in eastern north carolina. five homes were destroyed. >> glad i wasn't inside this house. >> reporter: irene is being blamed for six deaths there. five people killed by falling trees or branches. >> wind seemed like it was never going to stop. >> reportete the storm ripped

. >> and i'm tanya rivero. one vote down, one to go. the house has passed a plan to avoid economic disaster. now it's up to the senate. >> that vote down to the wire as you can see just hours now until the government begins running out of money, but all of that put into perspective by the bombshell moment when gabby giffords walked in to cast her vote. >> an emotioiol time on capitol hill and it's not done yet. scott goldberg is live with all the latest. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. we expect them to vote on the debt deal sometime after noon less than 12 hours before the default deadline this after the house passed the deal with the yes vote fromomeone who almost nobody expected to be there. with two minutes left on the house clock and the debt deal still hanging in the balance, members of every political faction stopped fighting for a moment. they were stunned to see arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords walk into the house chamber for the first time since she was shot in the head in january. >> the

." >> good morning, everyone i'm tanya rivero. >> i'm rob nelson. federal agents say the three siblings had been on a cross country crime spree. law enforcement is at ease aftee they were begged to surrender and were finally caught after a week on the run. >> and rebels attacked chopper in after gap stan killing an elite team. why the take down was so crucial. >> revenge came quickly for those folks. >> quickly indeed. >> who would have t thought a non-life threatening form of hiv can fight cancer into remission. coming up in a few minutes. >> incredible story. >> first, the capture of the famous dougherty gang. three siblings now behind bars. >> a sister and two brothers had guns blazing as officers es closed in on them in colorado. abc's diana ail villar following all of the drama. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the dougherty gang's rampage game to a dramatic end in colorado after police tipped off to their presence and in pursuit. >> i'm in the clearing with the female she was shot in the leg. a week-long crime spree by the florida s

good morning, tanya. yesterday the transportation secretary assured americans that safety would not be compromised. but this partial faa shutdown is compromising construction jobs and projects. >> this is 100 airport projects across the country that have been stopped because of the fights in washington. >> reporter: that means projects like this half-finished tower in oakland. and this one in palm springs. postponed because of the funding fifit. >> this time everybody wants to play hardball. and hardball hurt us. >> reporter: already, 4,000 faa employees have been furloughed. and more than 70,000 construction workers are out of a job. also cut off, 40 airport safety inspectors. the faa asked them to keep working, without pay, citing their "professionalism." airlines are unable to collect taxes on ticket sales. so the federal government has already lost more than $200 million. that figure will increase the longer this goes on. >> don't let $1 billion at a time when we're scrambling for every dollar we can

rob and tanya? >> speaking of spending, the damage estimates are now between $7 billion and $10 billion from hurricane irene. big but still far below the $100 billion from hurricane katrina. >> a lot of money concern, this was just a tropical storm, minor category 1. think about major storms like katrina, it't'staggering. >> absolutely. >>> shifting gears to our national security this morning and a new report that points out serious flaws in detecting terrorism. a federal anti-terror group is releasing the 9/11 repororcard and it's safe to say we did not get an "a." the group is demanding better coordination and oversight of national security, improved screening for explosives at airports, and also a more thorough system to monitor foreigners visiting the u.s. the full report will be outlined in washington later today. >>> and to politics now and the suddenly hot republican race for president. mitt romney has been forced to step up his game now that texas governor rick perry has joined. >> on top of

i'm tanya rivero. >> and i'm daniel sieberg, sitting in for rob nelson. it could be a day of losses on wall street, as nervous investors react to the downgrade of u.s. credit. >> and there's growing pressure on the president to do something to shore up confidence in the nation's financial future. karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, tanya. good morning, daniel. when the stock market opens this morning, we'll get a feel of how investors feel about the downgrade. u.s. futures are pointing to losses, after a fluctuating day in the asian markets. all eyes are on wall street today. and if the asian markets are an indicator of what's to come, we may be in for a wild ride. markets in japan, hong kong and south korea, all dropped sharply today. >> i think the reaction in asia has been much better than expected. i think it's been muted. >> reporter: across the globe, investors are concerned. not just because of the u.s. credit downgrade, but the general economic slowdown in the u.s. and across

. >> i'm tanya rivero. the markets in asia reacted immediately after they opened this morning and it's been a fluctuating and jittery day overseas. we'll take you live to tokyo for an update and explain how this problem got so severe. >> and could continue to get worse which has worried a lot of folks. we will see how that opens how the markets open here in the u.s. as well later today. >>> also ahead, the small town in north texas with a huge problem. the municipal water supply was switched off. the intense heat and the severe drought hits home with no water for drinking, bathing or to flush toilets. think about that for a second. we all take water for granted. if you were to shut it off. >> scorching heat on top of it. >> punishing. >> really awful. >>> later this half hour, the problem with high-tech electric-powered cars. you can't hear the engine running. while the silence may seem golden, it can be a safety issue. >> you do have to look around. they are quiet, those electric cars. which is g gat when

i'm tanya rivero. >> and i'm daniel sieberg. a punishing thursday is rippling around the world on this friday morning. overseas stock markets taking a beating already. >> take a look at this. every major exchange is lower, some by as much as 5% including important u.s. trading partners like japan and south korea. we'll get a live update from tokyo in just a minute. >>> and the pain on wall street may even get worse today. we're expecting another dismal u.s. jobs report in just a few hours. expected to show no change in the unemployment rate, currently 9.2%, and our coverage begins with abc's scott goldberg. >> reporter: if you thought the economy was in the clear after washington passed the debt deal -- >> i got 75,000. >> reporter: -- welcome to wall street where the dow suffered its biggest one-day loss since the height of the economic crisis, and the stock market has now given everything it gained this year. >> there isn't much washington can do right now, and even if there was, there isn't much trust they would do the right

good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. president obama will spend his 50th birthday here in washington after a quick fund-raising trip to chicago last night, but there is not much to celebrate as he now turns his attention to the economy and jobs. at a fund-raising bash celebrating his 50th birthday in chicago, the president who sounded so beleaguered during the debt ceiling debate was back in campaign trail mode. >> when i said change we can believe in, i didn't say change we can believe in tomorrow. not change we can believe in next week. we knew this was going to take time. >> reporter: president obama said he's turning his focus back to job creation and plans to take a bus tour later this month to talk about his ideas. first, there is an immediate jobs problem at the nation's airports. 4,000 faa employees and some 70,000 construction workers are out of work because congress failed to extend funding before lawmakers left on summer vacation. >> everybody wants to play hard ball and hard ball hurt us. >> reporter: the pro

i'm tanya rivero. >>>>nd i'm rob nelson. the u.s. congress may have agreed on the debt deal but did it come too late. >> this morning stock markets are falling around the world. japan and hong kong down more than 2% because of pessimism over the u.s. economy. >> can anyone in washington turn things around. abc's scott goldberg joins us live with all the fallout. >> reporter: good morning.g. we've been reporting that not many people seemed happy with this debt deal. now it looks like financial markets aren't very happy either. the asian markets are down today and wall street is struggling g over concerns this deal won't help the u.s. economy. with the debt ceiling lifted but the economy still in a rut, president obama wants to talk about jobs, something he considers a real problem. >> our economy didn't need washington to come along with a manufacturing crisis to make things worse. >> reporter: as soon as he signed the deal in the oval office, the stock market tanked. the dow lost 265 points and now is in the middle of its longest los

i'm tanya rivero. >> and i'm rob nelson. after taking a beating overseas markets are showing some strength this morning. >> that's right. tokyo's nikkei average gained more than 1% today. hong kong's hang seng is up significantly in late trading and in london the ftse opened on a positive note. >>> and on top of that, renewed confidence following yesterday's big gains. abc's karen travers has details. >> reporter: asian markets came roaring back today spurred by yesterday's surge on wall street. >> people are regaining their senses and look at the stock markets s d find good value. >> reporter: yesterday an unprecedented pledge from the federal reserve to keep its key interest rate atts record low near zero for two more years. it was much needed welcome news on wall street. e dow surged more than 429 points, its biggest one-day gain since march 2009 and the tenth biggest gain in history. the fed didn't commit to a third round of treasury bond purchases. sim lust spending when i the central bank that spurred market rallies la

i'm tanya rivero. >>> speaking of big money, twitter landed the big evening venture capital -- biggest venture capital deal. they are getting $800 million in funding from a russian company called dst global and previous investors to put the value at $8 billion. twitter says it plans to use the money to aggressively innovate, hire more people and invest in international expansion. >> there is a bay area connection to china's effort to technology standard. mercury news reports that chip maker signed a deal with china mobile, the largest carrier with 500 million subscribers. they will provide smart phone semi-conductors based on the technology standard advocated by china. an analyst said it could move $200 million this year alone. marine mammal center is putting out a plea for your help to find two sea lions whose neck were entangled with strands of plastic. the first of two sea lions spotted three weeks ago with a wire wrapped around its neck on pier 39. both sea lions were last seen on tuesday in good c

i'm tanya rivero. >> and i'm rob nelson. the dow's most recent plunge rippling around the world this morning as it has every morning this week. >> the sinking markets and sinking 401(k)s are puttingng n pressure on the president just he prepares for some r & r. >> abc's karen travers joins us live from washington with the latest numbers. >> reporter: good morning. the credit downgrade, weak job creation and of course this wild ride on wall street, it's easy to see why americans are so pessimistic and why the president's poll numbers are falling. the global market whiplash continues. asian markets sell keeping up their pattern of mimicking the u.s. markets from the day before. the latest cause for sell-off, concerns that france, europe's third largest economy, could be the next country to face a downgrade because of issues. >> it reacts not only to factual aspects and fundamental aspects but also rumors. >> reporter: on wall street a week of massive swings down 600 monday, up more than 400 tuesday but those gains and morgann

hide to see if we howls of explosives and give me a maternity dress she was going to come here to the tanya and israeli town not far from the home and blow herself out among israelis suicide bombing is a kind of attack that doesn't different between. all women there is no excuse absolutely no excuse at all but her plan was foiled by a palestinian informant who tipped off the israeli army schieffer was sentenced and spent six years behind bars now back in. home she says she regrets it and devotes her time to telling her story to both israelis and palestinians in the hope that both sides can come to better understand the other of the lines i am hundred years later and my daughter asked me who i was going to leave her with and i said with grandma i didn't understand of the time how much she and my parents would have suffered i understand and now i know that blowing myself up wouldn't have changed anything the only way to peace is for israelis and palestinians to work together. a strong message from a rather surprising source policy r t two current. french judges of warden investigation into th

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. >> reporter: the suspense was too much for tanya hunter. six weeks into her pregnancy, she had to know whwhher it would be a girl or a fourth boy. she would have to wait another month for an ultrasound. she took a blood test and 48 hours later, she learned more testerone was on the way. a recent study in a journal now shows that these tests which involves a simple prick of the expectant mom's finger and cost about $300 are highly accurate, determining gender even before the mom to be is showing. at just seven weeks into the pregnancy the test got the gender right 95% of the time. compared to the traditional ultrasound which is 90% accurate. and means waiting almost two months longer. doctors in europe are using the test as an early alert. for exexple, certain diseases such as hemophilia is only passed down from parenen to the child if the child is a boy. if the test shows it's a girl, expensive genetic testing can be avoided altogether. >> i think there's a potential medical good for this. i think there's a potential for this to be misused.

i'm tanya rivero. [ male announcer ] big news for allergy sufferers. prescription strength allegra is now available without a prescription. same exact medicine, same full prescription strength. allegra. now without a prescription. >>> good morning, 5:22 on wednesday morning. live camera from berkeley hills looking west at the bay bridge and san francisco. you can see some low clouds, we got fog action on the coast. it's going to be cooler today, much cooler, mike is going to have more on that coming up. >>> remember rosie from the jetsons? a u.c. berkeley is close to creating a real life version of that. to program skills like followed towels. a personal robot is ko help disabled people with their house work. it has earned him a spot of the top 30 young innovators. >> promising news for high cholesterol, research in the journal of american medical association finds that eating cell protein and nuts can reduce cholesterol far more effectively than a diet low in saturated fats. researchers say levels can drop by many patients who take statens likely pito

abc's tanya rivero has the story. >> reporter: the photo says it all. for 25 minutes of pure agony, dale ostrander was swept into a vicious riptide off of long beach, washington. the 12-year-old was pulled out unconscious and not breathing. >> it has miracle written all over it. there is no real other word for it. >> reporter: the tides took him and another 12-year-old, nicole kissell, and pulled them underwater. nicole tried to keep them afloat before the waves became too powerful to resist. >> i let him on the board first. and i got on top of him, grabbed the board. and he said keep kicking, keep kicking. >> reporter: captured here his church group prayed on the beach for his survival until rescuers finally pulled him from the water. >> i got up there and i grasped the sand. and i'm like, he's dead. and i'm like, what am i supposed to do? >> reporter: but miraculously, the boy survived just when no one expected him to live. finally, on sunday, dale opened his eyes. >> we were trying to get him to cough and come on, dale, cough, cough, you need to coug

." >> good morning, i'm tanya rivero. >> i'm rob nelson. the president came out last night saying the process as we all know was messy and took way too long but the heavy lifting is now done. of course, though, congress still has to officially vote on this package. but mr. obama credited the american people who of course flooded the switchboards and congressional inboxes with pushing this deal through finally. not the deal he wanted or many folks wanted but it is a compromise. we'll see how congress votes. >> the 11th hour. oh, my goodness. >> the 11 and a half hour. >> that's right. >>> then in what is being called a miracle, a plane that departed from new york carrying 162 people crashed in guyana and split in two. miraculously, no one was killed. today, investigators from the ntsb are on the ground trying to figure out what happened. >> very lucky folks aboard that plane. wow. >>> it's not your typical summer camp but it might be where the next million-dollar idea is born. we head to the camp where kids are learning how to develop the ap

i'm tanya rivero. whwhwhwhwhwhwhh at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back. it's 5:23. researchers have discovered a common cause for all forms of als. devastating disease that affects nerve cells. they say a protein recycling system begins to malfunction and neurons are damaged and they lose the ability to carry the nerve signals. als is also known as lou gehrig's disease named for the first one diagnosed with the ailment of 36. he died two years later. discovering the cost of als is expected to help in the treatment and in the search for a possible cure. >>> you don't have to be smart and a california woman proved it. she was shoplifting even though there were signs. she took $300 worth of merchandise stuffing it in her purse and then paid for a $20 item and left. store owners say they may not have been able to find her if she hadn't stopped to enter the store's raffl

so we asked tanya, one of our produces if we could blindfold her and take her through the store and see what she can sense. keep in mind, she's never been in store. she has no idea exactly where we are going or what aisle we're in. >> meat. >> you smell meat. >> i got a whiff of meat. >> that's amazing. that's exactly where we are. >> okay. >> again, there's the device. something changed? >> are we like in the bakery section, dessert aisle? >> desserts, absolutely. >> yum. >> yum? customers had a similar reaction. >> yeah. i do smell different x like bread smell different, like cooked foods smell different. even like bakery smells different. >> does this make you want to buy more things? >> everything is so yummy. you want to buy everything. >> the company has stores in new york and pennsylvania and already has plans to install the machines in all other stores besides this one in brooklyn sniem the goal is very simple. increase the sales by making our customers hungry. satisfied and happy. everybody will be happy. >> for the folks at net cost markets, they've already seen results with s

i'm tanya rivero. >>> 5:14. good morning. two marin county residents are recovering from injuries they suffered in 150-foot fall from a cliff. witnesses say the couple was posing for photos on the edge of a bluff when they sudply slipped -- suddenly slipped on the edge. >> they were on a nub on the rock, the guy was behind the girl. the girl was in his lap. all of a sudden the next second we see them tumbling over. >> his friend climbed down the cliff to stay with the victims until the rescuers got there. sheriff's helicopter had to be used to lift the man to safety. he was flown to john muir hospital in walnut creek in critical condition. the woman was taken to marrin general with moderate injuries. >>> police in mexico say they captured a leader of a brutal drug cartel. jose antonio accosta hernandez admits to ordering killings in juarez across the border from el paso, texas. the 33-year-old former policeman was arrested in chihuahua. investigators believe he was the mastermind of an attack last year that killed the u.s. co

i'm tanya rivero. >> this month, hundreds of california prison guards are heading to las vegas for the union annual convention while receiving the full state pay. it will cost taxpayers as much as $350,000. the california correctional peace officers association usually reimburses the state for pay involving union activities but about ten years ago instead of taking a 1% pay hike like most other public employee unions, prison guards opted for other benefits instead. for taxpayers, it was far cheaper than pay raises. >> we chose to use that to ensure that our union activists attending the annual convention do so while receiving pay. >> this is one thing that makes no sense whatsoever and why i think that taxpayers are outraged at the sweetheart deal. >> in the latest contract negotiated by governor brown administration, it continues. members gave back $150 million in concessions and shift it some union salaries away from the payroll. >>> san francisco superior court announced reduced working hours for clerks, criminal andsism office hours will be reduced by an hour a day, from 8:30 to 4:

i'm tanya rivero. >>> good morning. more news for you. california is a winner take all state when it comes to electing a president. governor jerry brown signed legislation yesterday to award all of the golden state 55 electoral college vote to winner of the popular vote. activist group back the law. they wanted to change it during the bush-al gore presidential election. >>> they want california to create a cabinet to deal with issues respelating to children only. they call the kids cabinet to interagency tax force on homelessness. dickenson says forming the cabinet will cost little if anything, and could save the state money by eliminating the duplicate effort by different department. 20 other states have child affair cabinet. >>> pg&e has appointed a new president and ceo. anthony early comes to pg&e after serving as the executive chairman of dte energy in michigan. it marks the first time in the history it named the company outsider to lead the utility. early plans to start work on september 13, a few days after the first anniversary of

tanya soto of livermore will now have a chat with her teenage son. >> research it with him. we'll do it together and he can see. >> reporter: police in livermore and elsewhere can't do much to stop the sale of so-called bath salt. it has been banned in other states, it's perfectly legal in california. but police may pay visits to local shops to educate them on the dangers of bath salt. john alston, abc news. >>> shoppers may be able to use the smart phone to pay for things. the bloomberg business report is coming up. >> massive police crackdown brings calm to london after days of rioting but the looting spreads elsewhere. next, the drastic action that police are considering to stop the violence. >> speed demon. the aircraft about to launch from california at 20 times the speed of sound. >>> here we are looking at the live doppler7 h.d. nothing going on. let's talk about warm weather around the area. we have mid-to-upper 90s throughout the central valley. look at that, 99 in fresno. it will have 105 in palm springs. low to mid-#0s with morning clouds giving way to afternoon s

when i saw these pictures in the month of june tanya was expecting sheriff's deputies to the vector for the second time and was hoping to get arrested instead of having to leave. this e-mail- blessed generated 1600 e-mails to wells fargo and got several east bay lawmakers to negotiate. while nothing has been assigned wells fargo has now agreed to modify her home. reducing the principal of $100,000. for giving the second loan and a loan payment. >> the big city was not the pressure but before that there were not even return my calls. >> they said there were trying to work with her as an alternative to help home owners. even a tiny has yet to receive the loan modification paperwork, she is still feeling victorious. >> it feels great. it is worth the fight and that is what we have to do. we have to fight for what we want. >> maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>pam: many people are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments catherine heenan. how the obama administration has solutions. >>catherine: correct. many people are having trouble and the zero how this could help a lot of people. th

i'm tanya rivero. >>> 5:13. this morning several of the nation airport op rotors warn if congress doesn't do something soon to restore funding for the faa passengers will see bigger delays and airport safety could be in jeopardy. 4,000 faa workers are furloughed and another 70,000 construction workers are off the job, as airport construction projects are on hold. because a battle between republicans and democrats prevented congress from recertifying the faa. that means the agency cannot fund any airport projects collecting the federal taxes. the president says lawmakers need to act now. >> this is a lose-lose-lose situation. that can be easily solved if congress gets back in to town and does its job. >> democrats refuse to accept a gop sponsored funding bill that cuts funding for rural airports. many republicans say they will only support a bill that includes spending cuts. >> this is certainly not all republicans but the tea party is just screaming and yelling that they are not going to have any legislation. th

. >> and state fire marshal tanya hoover was not available for comment today. we asked and a spokesperson told us the fire marshal does not endorse one technology over another. >> michael let's ask why is the palo alto fire department confident that these old ionization alarms will be phased out? >> that is a great question. i'm glad you asked that. they say there are two reasons first this is a national movement national fire protection association looking at what we ought to be doing to change things z a third or part of that reasoning is that these new better alarms cost about $5 or $10 more they think as we get pushed towards using those, the price will be coming down. and that is why. >> there is no debate about which is better at this point? >> when you have actual flaming like wood the older ones ionization work pretty darned well. when there is a slow smoldering fire? the new ones work better. >> all right. thank you. >> sure. >> and coming up next finding a way to -- oh we're going to go to spencer. that band came in way too soon? should we continue? >

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. >> reporter: taylor was a healthy 6-year-old but she said something that shocked her mother tanya. >> she just out of the blue just said, mommy, why is my tummy so fat. a girl in the bathroom at school asked me why i was fat? >> i don't like to be my weight and my teacher always tells me that i have to run so i can be really not like this size. >> reporter: her pediatrician says her bate is completely normal but this age perception can sometimes override reality. >> when kids laugh or giggle at someone who they think is chubby it's a wake-up call to start changing how we describe people and to change the way we treat people who may not look the way we do. >> reporter: we gathered a panel of our own little experts, a group of 5-year-old and 6-year-old girlslsnd showed them photos of random girls their own age. four girls here. do any one of these girls stick out to you. >> yes. >> reporter: which one sticks out? >> the girl in the blue. >> why. >> her tummy. >> her tummy. >> reporter: her tummy. >> the girl in the blue shirt is really -- >> chubby-wubby. >> reporter: chubby-wubby? >