and we'll try to get i around that. details coming up. >> thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> house republicans are meeting this morning in hopes to figure out what needs to change to pass a debt ceiling bill. just as they appeared ready to vote on john boehner's legislation, the speaker announced there would be no vote. amy hollyfield is live at the newsroom. >> it was a shocker. republicans have got to get their party in order. this morning, john boehner will try one more time to push this through. he has meeting scheduled with 240 house republicans. he appears confident that he has the vote today but didn't yesterday. >> john boehner appeared confident all day that his bill would be passed, but it seemed that he underestimated the tea party members in his party. vice presidential candidate michele bachmann said she couldn't support it. >> i will reduce spending and i won't vote to raise the debt ceiling. i have the titanium spine to see it through. >> reporter: the bill would have cut $900 billion from the deficit and would have temporarily extended the debt ceiling through next spring. senate majority leader harry reid quickly took to the senate floor when he realized the house would not be taking a vote. >> i apologize everyone for the late hour. we are waiting for the house. >> ironically the house was working hard on the bill that looked like it has no future in the senate. >> the bill cannot be an option because it will not pass the senate. >> it brings us back to the looming deadline on tuesday. congress needs to act by then to vouf an unprecedented default. >> the stakes are rising by the day. you start to wonder now, an projections but you wonder what the way out might be. >> there was pizza last night. republicans ordered 19 boxes to help get them through. there were prayers. two of republicans went to a nearby chapel to pray for their leadership. it was a dramatic night that ended with nothing. the hope is that today will be different. we'll be following developments out of d.c. closely. here is an example the u.s. debt is. apple has more cash than the federal government. the treasury department has $73 billion in cash and latest earnings report apple said they have a cash reserve of nearly $76 billion. >> more than a thousand law enforcement colleagues friends and relatives who jammed into the auditorium for the funeral of a murdered sheriffs deputy. he was shot and killed trying to help a friend. john alston is live at the auditorium with details for us. >> this event is open to the public. the doors here open at 10:15 as you said, between 8s and 1200 people are expected here at the veterans memorial auditorium. service begins at 11:00 and event goes until 4:00 in the afternoon. now, the mourners will be honoring deputy jim mathison who was a marin deputy. he was killed in petaluma. he had gone to friend's house whose daughter was being had a raised by an ex-boyfriend -- harassed. that boyfriend showed up and then shot the deputy who was off duty and unarmed. then when he tried to grab the ex-girlfriend's mother there a brother shot him to death. that has been a ruled a justifiable homicide. jim mathison was 49 years old. he had changed careers in midlife. he was in construction, he was a contractor and decided to pursue his passion for law enforcement. he had a wife and two grown sons. one of them will be speaking at the service later this morning. others are robert doyle, a relative of law enforcement and childhood friend and variety of long time close friends. the california state flag will be presented to both of his sons. the event is set to wrap up at 1:20 in the afternoon. there will be reception afterwards as well as an opportunity for friends and relatives to sign his casket. police have found at least one marijuana cultivation site near the wood land area where a park officer was attacked earlier this week. east bay regional park officer was on routine patrol south of moraga when gunmen opened fire by o him each was rescued by an armored vehicle. there was an extensive search of the area. they have uncovered one active grow site. federal and state officials are working on what could be the largest marijuana eradication effort in california history. they were allowed to shoot this video from one of the raids, part of full court, being conducted in the national forest. so far agents have removed 373,000 pot plants and arrested 88 people. the operation is scheduled to end next week. tonight at 6:00 we'll bring you the full california watch investigation and the people behind these illegal pot farms and the influence mexico is having on california's marijuana production. >> some community activists want to examine the gun in connection with a death of a man in the bayview district. they say this is the weapon that kenneth harding was carrying when he confronted officers on july 16. they believe he accidentally shot himself in the head after he suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. they recovered a gun by an unidentified bayview resident. four independent investigations are underway into the shooting. >> public records show alameda city officials were warned a water rescue program was necessary for public safety more than two years before a man drowned himself as firefighters watched from the shore on memorial day. our media partner reports the notice was filed by a union leader in fib of 2009. he wrote, water rescue calls occur several times a year and the city's decision to cut the rescue program in 2008 violated their contract because it changed working conditions. alameda is investigating the death of 52-year-old raymond zach on memorial day. firefighters say they were not trained to perform water rescues. >> a bart director is promising to allow bicycles on the back of cars during rush hour. they recommended against a similar proposal after the agency's planning and budget manager pushed for keeping the current policy of not allowing bikes on trains during peak hours. they say the issue is not done and the board must bring back the proposal and call for a public hearing. >> all right. time is 5:08. we made it to friday. what is the weather going to be like. >> what do you think, if you are biking to work this morning, you may need a jacket but not later today. >> typical summertime pattern. you see the moisture here in the desert southwest. arizona and new mexico, that will back up and give you more high clouds and even thunderstorms up in the high country this afternoon. back here at home we have a faster sea breeze this morning. look at this fairfield wind observation, southwest gusting to 32. concord 10 miles an hour. but we do have low ceiling this morning and expected delays to develop at sfo. by the afternoon hours, temperatures in the low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. coolest weather half moon bay san francisco, mid on 50s. can even see some low 80s around napa and santa rosa and near 100 at n ukiah. 68 in monterey. low to mid-70s around the bay and 86 in hollister and 93 for gilroy and morgan hill. seven-day forecast, morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine. temperatures are steady as she goes the next seven days. here is sue with an accident updated. >> we're going to the south bay at this point. approaching sunnyvale, eastbound toward lafayette street, emergency crews on the scene. a truck hit a pole and that intersection is closed. marin county they've got a big memorial that we've been reporting. sheriff's memorial later this morning. it's open to the public and you can expect traffic delays, north san pedro road, redwood highway, that begins about 9:30 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon at the marin veterans memorial auditorium. live look, slow traffic. you can see road work out of novato southbound 101 toward central san rafael. thank you very much. >> still ahead, the power of google. that may force the chairman to testify before congress. >> and new 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the ten campuses and be more transparent in detailing how it budgets more than a billion dollars of year on other purposes. a change to san francisco, for the city's homeless is being taken off the ballot. it was approved by voters and implemented back in 2004. it reduced the monthly cash grant to $422 to just $59 in exchange for an offer of housing. the housing came in the form of a bed and homeless shelter. a ballot measure proposed wants to exclude homeless shelters from definition of housing in the program. they are looking to come up with a better plan. the power of google will be under the microscope in the chairman eric schmidt will testify at antitrust subcommittee. he is the only witness so far to answer to the search giant's domination of search and advertising market. google is dealing with an antitrust investigation by the federal trade commission and taking questions from the justice department over the purchase of an online app firm. >> a new tool is available to let students know how long it will take them to break even financially on a college education. it created a calculator that allows you to choose a cal state university education and a field of study and then calculate how long it will take to you pay off the amount of money you will spend. the price of a college education is sound investment with the exception of drama and social work majors. check it out yourself by going to our website. a big surprise for one family in madera county, surveillance cameras captured a mountain lion strolling up their driveway. they were inside when they notion have noticed that motion light flipping on and they found a full grown mountain lion and the animal quickly ran off. >> have you everered why some golfers get 300 yard drives? researchers say they have identified several bio mechanical factors that separate the big hittersers. it analyzes the swing and they found amongst other things, that golfers who hit hard have more rotation in their shoulders relative to the hips than the rest of us that can generate speeds of 80 miles an hour for the pros compared to 56 and 65 miles an hour for amateurs. >> is that torque? >> that is what you would call that. >> rotational force. you saw tiger woods before the injury. he was really get those shoulders turned around. >> i know that. it's just when it goes like that. let's move on and talk about. >> if you can bank it off a house, that is not a problem. >> i haven't done that. i hitter a couple houses last time i was out there. 5:17. interesting study. we're taking a look at some of the clouds. notice some of the high clouds, some of the moisture creaming in from the south, that moisture will be more of a nuisance if you are heading to the high country because it will create thunderstorms in the sierra later today and tomorrow. right now, let's talk about low 50s around redwood city, livermore and antioch. monterey bay, cloudy conditions, mid-50s. for the highs compared to average, three degrees warmer inland in livermore, same in san jose but oakland, san francisco and napa, redwood city all about 1-3 degrees cooler than average. sun will set about 8:21. let's talk about what is going to happen as far as 24-hour temperature change. here is a look at cloud cover this morning. increasing through about the 7:00 to 8:00 and 9:00 it starts retreating. but it will be stubborn and staying in your neighborhoods keeping you in the 50s, 70s and 80s dominate most of our neighborhoods. starting in the south bay, 83 in san jose. middle of the road, low 80s to the upper 80s around the santa cruz mountains. 73 at millbrae, all the way to 81 in palo alto. low to mid-50s along the coast. daly city around 62. downtown san francisco, mid to upper 60s. 70 in sausalito, one of the cool spots as you jump up to 82 in santa rosa. 83 in sonoma. 98 in ukiah, beaches in the low 60s. check out this temperature spread, 72 in oakland, all the way to 79 in union city. could touch 80 in castro valley and fremont. all the way to 95 in brentwood for the east bay valleys. gilroy and morgan hill, 86 in hollister. you get to carmel mid to upper 60s. twins are in town and 7:05, 65 dropping down to 60 over the coliseum. 62 tonight in antioch. a lot of 50s, possible drizzle along the coast otherwise it will be a pretty quiet night. seven-day forecast, pretty quiet weather. we'll follow the summer pattern of morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. upper 80s around the bay and low to mid-60s at the coast. >> it will be a busy friday. we've got several events where you could probably expect traffic delays. first, san francisco the last friday of the month, critical mass will get underway around 6:15 this evening at justin hermann plaza. this morning we have the sheriff's memorial at marin veterans auditorium. you will expect delays around the area. and we have the races at infineon and all weekend. expect delays on highway 37, 101 in marin and 80 in vallejo area. abc7news.com is the website for all the information. next, katherine middleton's ride before she was a princess. a young man could get a fortune for her old car. do you constantly check your smarted phone to look at your e-mail and facebook? researchers say it's become a new addiction. welcome back. the maker of extra strength tylenol is reducing doses in an attempt to lessen accidental overdoses. they are going down to six pills down from eight pills. daily recommendations will also be reduced. they called for sweeping restrictions to prevent accidental overdoses of acetaminophen at active ingredient in tylenol. >> astronomers discovered the first trojan astroid. they share an orbit but don't collide. this is partially tethered to earth by a leash. this is video of how it changes over time. scientists figure we had to have some but they could never find them until now. they tend to be overhead and invisible as the stars but high-tech satellite and researchers were able to track it. what is the big deal? scientists say if there is one trojan there could be others and that opens the possibility. you can land on astroid and easier to get to than even the moon. >> a ten-year-old volkswagen is getting a lot more valuable. it used to belong kate middleton. long before she was the wife of prince william. they put it up on ebay. he got bids up to $78,000. he can't wait to sell the car. >> all right. a new study finds that checking your smart phone can be addictive. we've seen the start of this with the crack berry. european researchers have found that many users have checking habits, repetitive checks of e-mail and other applications like facebook. on the average, they check their phones 34 times a day. experts say every time you get an e-mail, it's positive feedback that you are an important person and once your brain becomes accustomed, reaching for your phone becomes automatic. people want to kick the hasn't, technology, set smart phone free times and have smart phone free places, as well. >> it hypnotizes. >> you. >> if you have in it your hand you are more likely to check it. >> it's 5:26. >> the new dna evidence that could positively identify a suspect in a high profile south bay murder is tri-lawmakers appear to be working hard but nothing is getting done. i'm amy hollyfield and latest on the debt ceiling crisis. >> and a youth program ripped off, what burglars took from a south bay park. we'll have more on that coming up. high temperatures, still pretty steamy around dallas at 100 and 99 in d.c. to 79 in boston, heading up north, seattle 73 degrees. we have flight departure delays out of chicago's midway. flight arrival delays into detroit and flight departure delays out of new york. flight tracker will keep track of it for you at abc7news.com. good morning, i'm amy hollyfield live in the newsroom. republicans suffered a major set back last night on capitol hill. it's not looking good for the deadline in the debt ceiling crisis. also this morning, the family of a los gatos woman murdered ten years ago may finally get answers today. prosecutors are expected to receive dna evidence making her the same suspect in the case. >> and they want the gun to a man they were chasing. weather-wise, a stronger sea breeze this morning. clouds spilling into the east bay valleys. still be hot in parts of the bay area and thunderstorms across the state. >> good morning, i'm sue hall in the traffic center. today brings several major events and we've got traffic. expect delays around the bay area. 5:30 on friday morning. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> we've got a lot of news going on this morning. >> in washington this morning, house speaker john boehner will try to line up members behind his debt ceiling bill. a scheduled vote was put off when it became clear that gop support just wasn't there. amy hollyfield is live in the newsroom. we're talking about the gop but what are the democrats saying. >> reporter: they are saying republicans need to get their house in order. john boehner thought he would get his bill passed last night. it came as a shock he had to postpone his vote. boehner and other gop leaders spent hours trying to rein in conservatives in their party. the plan would cut more than $900 billion in spending and temporarily raise the debt ceiling to next spring. tea party members say they won't vote to raise the debt ceiling, even though republican leaders are trying to convince them to do so. >> republicans took advantage of the tea party express. tea party caucus when they seized control of the house. how do you translate anger against president obama into a government coalition. >> reporter: the white house communications director tweeted another day wasted while the clock ticks. now is the time to compromise so we can solve this problem and reduce the deficit. so the white house is clearly frustrated by all of this. they will try again today. they say they have enough votes to get it passed but they said that yesterday. ironically, it doesn't stand a chance in the senate. senators would kill it quickly. congress has until tuesday before an unprecedented default. a north bay city has the okay to emerge from bankruptcy and return to solvency. the judge has approved vallejo's plan to pay kretd tors going forward plus pensions, health plans and bondholders. they filed for bankruptcy protection of a multimillion dollar deficit and growing union contracts. next week they will consider amendments but no major challenge is expected. >> today santa clara prosecutors will previous a private lab cyber test that could link a woman's murder with the main suspect. that test could show that fiber in a jeep cherokee came from a rug that was in her home. she disappeared in july 2001. the suspect was arrested three years later but was released from jail after charges was dropped. he was shot and killed by the woman's brother in a murder-suicide. >> about 1,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service for a slain marin county deputy. jim mathison was shot and killed ten days ago while off-duty while he was trying to help a friend during a domestic dispute in petaluma. the suspect showed up at the house with a gun and shot him twice. deputies say he grand the girl's mother, her son came out of the house and killed him. the service for the deputy will be held at this morning in san rafael at marin county veterans memorial auditorium. >> community activists want to examine the gun san francisco police found in contention with the death of a man in the bayview nearly two weeks ago. police say this is the weapon that 19-year-old kenneth harding was carrying when he confronted officers on july 16. investigators believe harding accidentally shot himself in the head after he suffered a gunshot wound in the leg in a shootout with police officers. they recovered the gun from a bayview resident who may have taken it from the crime scene. four independent investigations are already under way into the shooting. a man facing an emergency is in custody this morning in novato on kidnapping charges. they say he forced his way into a woman's car. the 62-year-old victim said he yelled something about a pregnant woman going into labor. she drove down 101 and exited the car. the suspect got out of the car and ran away. they found and arrested him a short time later. they think the same man tried to flag down other drivers before they caught him. >> the fate of the voter enacted ban on gay marriage could be decided this fall. california supreme court has scheduled a september 6 hearing on proposition 8. at issue is whether sponsors have the authority to fight rulings against the measure if the governor and attorney general refuse to do so. the question is pivotal to the ban. schwarzenegger and jerry brown refused to challenge the ruling that struck down prop 8. a san jose youth organization is reeling after the fact of dozens of fishing poles. 100 poems were stolen at lake cunningham park. it gives children flee access to equipment at special events. distinctive poles are candy apple red and has a sticker that says provided by the rotary club of san jose. thieves are stealing copper in vallejo. seven schools have been vandalized 14 times. franklin middle school has been hit particularly hard. they have been taken copper wire twice in the last week alone. 5:36. we started off with low clouds and fog. only difference is when the burnoff is going to come. >> and we have had airport delays every morning. >> i think we'll have them this morning. all the way down into sfo but probable not in oakland and san jose. high pressure, we didn't have this marine layer at the surface we would be really warm. all the warm air is traveling up the central valley but is getting blocked by the stronger sea breeze. look at the winds, gusting up to 31 miles per hour. that is when you have a lot of wind funneling into the central valley. the cloud cover, temperatures are slightly warmer this morning than yesterday. but because of the cooling effect i don't think we'll see much in the way of warming. a lot like yesterday, just a few degrees cooler. at 8:00, mostly cloudy in east bay valleys will be the clearest area. temperatures are holding in the 50s and 60s. by noon, most of the clouds are back to the coast other than one finger of fog stretching across the golden gate in oakland and berkeley. by 4:00, sunshine and few high clouds, 80s to 90s in the east bay valleys. 70s to 80s around the bay shore. mid on s anger the coast. accu-weather seven-day forecast, looks like a lot like summer, morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine. good morning sue. >> good morning. we've been telling you about the memorial service for the marin sheriff's deputy that is going to happen this morning. it begins at 11:00, starting at 6:00 this morning, it will begin to block off the areas of civic center drive. you will not be able to park in that area. you can expect traffic delays on san pedro road and 101 past the civic center. in san rafael we've got slow traffic coming out of novato, other than that no stalls or accidents. 80 westbound, is pretty lighted this morning. heading to the toll plaza and metering lights are off. thanks a lot. still ahead... the new incentive behind jewelry store smash and grabs. >> this your average summer cam. the amazing app that could soon be on your smarted phone. @iáñ@iñ [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. my name is lacey calvert and i'm a yoga instructor. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! 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game called gem collectors. >> you try to collect gem. >> margaret would know that better than anyone. >> you are how old? >> ten. >> it gives middle schoolers a taste of software development. >> you are making video games? >> yes. >> they are making a falling blocks game. he and his classmates are in the debugging stages now. >> you just jumped where there was nothing. >> and there is an instructor, he is teaching him the tricks of the trade and they are teaching him a few things, too. they have story driven characters, more about the content and less about beat them up type of game. >> some of kids have been to tech camp before but never have experienced this before. they just don't take their apps home they publish them. >> how many downloads do you think you can get for your game? >> i know i got more than 300. >> it's an extra thrill that made appy campers out of these kids and just maybe giving them an appetite for more. >> see the next cartoon. >> let's talk about, real estate tycoon, donald trump. bloomberg business report is coming up. >> and two u.c. berkeley grads imprisoned in iran are hoping their ordeal will be coming to an end. >> next, the evidence that proves that a soldier was planning a homeland attack. >> fuel efficiency tuarndz president obama is expected to unveil today. >> and hotels play hide and seek hiding some something in their plush robes and towels. eded welcome back. live doppler 7-hd, picking up a few radar returns in southern california. heading to the high country, that is where the thunderstorms will be. hundred chico and 108 in palm springs. take you up to the sierra and thunderstorms are likely all three days through the weekend, today and tomorrow and sunday and even in yosemite down around southern california. afternoon sunshine, mid-80s in san diego and mid 80s l.a. >> it's now 5:48. >> military investigators say an awol army soldier admits he was planning an attack on fort hood in texas. they found weapons and ammunition and explosive devices and a makeshift bomb lap lab in his hotel room. >> if somebody comes in, especially through a business like this and makes a purchase and doesn't know what she buying i would be concerned about this. >> i'm not bashful and point fingers but there is something wrong with this guy. >> in 2009, 13 people died in a mass shooting at fort hood when a gunman guns used a pistol purchased at that very store. he was arrested earlier this year for possessing child pornography. the families of tworm u.c. berkeley graduates imprisoned in iran are holding a peaceful protest in new york in front of the iranian mission to the united nations. they are hoping a hearing in iran and it. the two are due in court what iranian authorities say will be the final hearing in their espionage case. share ray shourd was also arrested but released. it comes to years to the day while they hiked along the border. trial was cancelled last minute in may without any explanation. >> this morning, the aroma of garlic in the air the gilroy garlic festival kicks off. more than 1,000,000 people are expected. heavy traffic in the gilroy area all weekend. local businesses are reaping the benefits and most hotels already sold out. chefs from around the country to battle win the garlic kroup. last year they raised more than $270,000 for local charities. >> and if there is such a thing as too much garlic. >> garlic chicken any time. >> is that a hint from you. >> a little bit. >> but they have invited us down -- can't do it sometimes unfortunately. 5:50 this morning and low clouds and working their way into the east bay valleys. unlike yesterday morning, tells me the sea breeze is a little stronger today than it was yesterday morning. so it may not be quite as warm as many areas. you see high clouds over diablo, moisture moving from in the monsoon down in four corners region. that could spark the thunderstorms. talk about temperatures, leaving the house, 63 in antioch. everybody else in the mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay inland, cloudy conditions and 56 to 57 degrees. going to be sunny around the bay and inland, cloudy and cool at the coast. watch out for the fog and clouds and return to the bay and coast tonight. temperatures are mild and temperatures the next seven days pretty close to average. don't see any heat wave. for today, the farther east you go, the warmer it will be. livermore, 3 degrees above average. san jose was 83 and oakland and san francisco, redwood city, 1-3 degrees cooler than average. sunrise in about 20 minutes and sunset at 8:21. south bay, we have 83 degrees in san jose to 86 in saratoga. a lot of low to mid-80s there. millbrae and san mateo and low 80s from redwood city menlo park southward through the peninsula. the clouds and low to mid-60s. sun set, 63 degrees today. downtown south san francisco, stuck in the upper 50s and more sunshine, upper 70s to mid-80s in the north bay valleys. look at that, 98.degrees today. about 30-35 degrees cooler at your beaches. 70 in berkeley the cool spot to 82 in fremont. we'll barely get to 90 in dublin and walnut creek to mid 90s around antioch. brentwood and livermore. same thing for morgan hill. down to 72 in watsonville and 68 in monterey. heading to the a's game, twins are in town and there is a fireworks show. two teams that are below expectations. 65 dropping down to 60. tonight's temperatures in the 50s. antioch the exception at 62. some drizzle possible along the coast. noticed how far to the north the jetstream is. look what is rounding the high pressure. warm air and sometimes it will push temperatures in the inland areas low to mid on the's. then we'll stay in the low to mid 90s in the rest of the forecast. at the coast, mainly cloudy and low to mid-60s. good news for your santa clara, saratoga and sunnyvale commute. central expressway lafayette, a car hit a pole there. they have cleared that out of the lanes. lanes are now clear. we'll take a live look at the 280 freeway. san jose towards the 17 junction very lighted this morning as you drive south of cupertino. no problems report. san mateo bridge, if you see the taillights, heading in the westbound direction toward foster city. no delays at toll plaza. for all the information, good idea to check abc7news.com. it's 5:54. >> bad news from the commerce department. economy slowed in the first half of the year to weakest pace since the recession ended. americans pulled back on spending because of high gas prices and flat income. >> jane king has the rest of the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. donald trump may be down to the courtroom. he is being sued by a company called alm international saying he on owes them money. the case is one of several civil lawsuits alleging other business deals by trump. starbucks is raising prices due to higher coffee prices, resented declines but they are locking in prices until next year. >> commodity searchers tell us chicken wing prices have been on the rise. demands for the food expected to boost business at restaurants including buffalo wings. pg&e is expected to complete its excavation of an abandoned pipe by tonight. the company is digging up a section of the pipe that has been unused since 1950s. at one time was part of a line that exploded last september. they want to look at the pipe and do an investigation into the explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. federal investigators say there were shoddy welds that that exploded and was supposed to be a seamless 30 inch pipe. >> president obama and top auto executives are expected to reveal details to slash the gasoline cars and trucks will need down the road. it will double fuel standards to 54 miles a gallon. the big three automakers will have leeway through 2012 to keep building profitable suvs and light trucks. white house says the deal would save drivers money at the pump. reuse oil consumption and create jobs. >> a growing number of hotels are using radio frequency chips to keep the robes and towels from disappearing. they say hotels lose between 5-20% of them. they are taking bed sheets. chips are sewn and can be read by sensors up to six feet away. one hotel in hawaii begin saving $16,000 a month. just ahead, big change for the most popular over-the-counter pain killer. >> hundreds of people showing up in marin county to pay their respects to a murdered sheriff's deputy. i'm john alston and i'll have a report coming up. 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