concerns of a melt down. debra villalon is live to tell us what s next. reporter: many lawmakers wanted a deal before the asian markets opened that didn t happen. this federal building is home to many services and employees and now like so many others it s on the bubble. this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something can be done very simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. reporter: there is blame and bluster. shouldn t we be worried about the country. reporter: but there is no deal. and the deadline for lifting the nation s debt ceiling is a near nine days away, august 2nd. top democrats reed and pelosi, briefed president obama this evening while house speaker boehner carried out a long conference call with republicans. both parties are scrambling now on rival plans to avert the first default in u.s. history. our plan is to get congress to raise the debt ceiling on plan. that s not a plan. that is the plan. it will happen this
markets opened that didn t happen. this federal building is home to many services and employees and now like so many others it s on the bubble. this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something can be done very simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. reporter: there is blame and bluster. shouldn t we be worried about the country. reporter: but there is no deal. and the deadline for lifting the nation s debt ceiling is a near nine days away, august 2nd. top democrats reed and pelosi, briefed president obama this evening while house speaker boehner carried out a long conference call with republicans. both parties are scrambling now on rival plans to avert the first default in u.s. history. our plan is to get congress to raise the debt ceiling on plan. that s not a plan. that is the plan. it will happen this time too. reporter: but the devil as always is in the details. republicans won t accept more debt without spending cuts. democr
i m mike mibach. dave clark has the day off. good morning. i m tori campbell. it s thursday, july 21st. early this morning, atlantis made what looked like a ghostly landing in the predawn light at kennedy space center. down and locked. main gear touchdown. the four-member crew and the second youngest shuttle return from space in triumph but less than a minute after atlantis had stopped rolling, the commander, chris ferguson, was putting the entire program into perspective. thank you, columbia , challenger, endeavour, denver denver and and endeavour, and our ship, atlantis . the crew will now readjust to gravity after two weeks in space. they were able to spend time with their they were table spend time with their families before answering questions. dash able to spend some time with their families before answering questions. coming up we ll have a live report for what s next for the space program. last night, chief greg sur appeared before hundre
to get supplies to them. there is a four mile detour from what i understand but it s very rough, it requires four wheel drive. we ve offered to bring gasoline and bottled water. to give you a look at what work crews had to deal with, these are some of the trees that had to be sectioned and removed to clear the road. they ve been around for a long time. some of the trees are still charred from the croy fire. the problem we re seeing as we remove material, more material comes sliding from up the hill. that makes it unsafe to work at night other wise we would be out here working 24/7. reporter: they hope to have one lane or a walking path open by tomorrow and the road cleared by the end of the week. live near morgan hill. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. officials will begin a special meting on the damage special meeting on the damage from last week s storms. the county suffered an estimated $17 million in damage including $10 million in the town of capitola where
dressed up as a woman and took pictures of ladies as they changed inside a u.c. berkeley locker room. 5:01 this friday morning. thank you so much for joining us. i m eric thomas. i m jenelle wang in for kristen sze. less than 24 hours he hosted several events and raised an estimated $1.8 million for democrats. a day in the life of president barack obama who wrapped up a quick trip to the bay area this morning. terry mcsweeney is live at san francisco international airport with more on his visit. hi, terry. hi how you doing. money and excitement. that s what the president is hoping to raise during his four-day campaign swing around the western united states. how would you like to take a look this morning at air force i. right across the water here at san francisco international airport. the president came in last night on it. he s leaving a short time from now back down to l.a. to try to do some work down there. this is a campaign swing that took him to the silicon valley