they could bring it down a little bit, it would help a lot. she s getting guidance from the foreclosure help center. proud people who purchase their american dream and now after struggling and struggling, they need to let go of that. reporter: the center officially opens next week, but they have already fielded more than a dozen phone calls in the last seven days. it s rough on you, sir. reporter: rough in a valley with so many riches, yet a big part of it is still in the woods. the federal government recently convened a meeting here in san jose to address student homelessness, they say they ll be back to see how they can collaboratively fix that problem. we re live in downtown san jose, nbc bay area news. a fire on the peninsula today killed a 2-year-old boy and sent his grandmother to the hospital. it broke out this morning on lake drive in san bruno. and that s where arturo santiago is with more on what happened and what may have started that fire. reporter:
the accident is the bay area s first vehicle crash of the july 4th holiday, while investigators are still working to determine what caused the crash, the chp says many accidents during the july 4th holiday are related to drinking and driving. it s why the highway patrol is since the increased dui enforcement began yesterday there s been 220 dui arrests made state wide, that s about half the number of arrests compared to last year. but with two fatal collisions, state wide, that s up by one, during the same period in 2011. at santana road people were enjoying a day off from work. for some drinking is just part of the celebrating the country s birthday, and that s fine with the sumiai family as long as people don t drink before getting behind the wheel. on the fourth of july, we celebrate freedom, so i guess, you know, we should come out and celebrate and of course there are cops to take care of the citizens. reporter: the chp says the decrease in dui arrests may have to
good morning, carol. it s a given that wall street is going to be closely watching capitol hill this morning as jamie dimon testifies. but you know what? this matters even if you re not a jp morgan shareholder because it makes the case for more regulation in the banking industry, which could eventually trickle down to the average person. part of what s at stake is dimon s reputation. his standing as one of the most trusted voices in the industry. he earned that distinction in 2008 when he and jp morgan helped the u.s. government stabilize the financial system. in march of 2008, at the request of the u.s. government, we worked with regulators to prevent an uncontrolled collapse of bear stearns. in september of 2008, we are the only bank prepared to acquire the assets of washington mutual. taken together, these two transactions saved nearly 40,000 jobs and prevented further market instability. reporter: jp morgan became one of the biggest banks in the world and dimon one
the couple used to communicate while he was in jail. dude, relax. rhode island set to become the 15th state to decriminalize marijuana. no big fines, no jailtime, nothing on your record. and other states are noticing. we ll talk with a state representative from rhode island about the growing nationwide movement. plus this. oh, you remember the kid who played darth vader in the volkswagen ad. this week, he goes in to have open heart surgery. 7-year-old max paige. this hour, we ll hear from his parents as we all say may the force be with him. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with one of the most respected men on wall street and his bank s jaw-dropping blunder. in 60 minutes, jamie dimon appears on capitol hill to say jp morgan chase s multibillion dollar loss is an isolated event. but those risky investments are reviving the debate over toothless banking regulations and taxp
tried to sodder it and there was some sparks and they thought maybe they didn t know there was gas. we re told p grg & eervegs j got the drivers can see the smoke on highway 101 near paul avenue. but firefighters say this fire is contained, they are still here monitoring hot spots. one construction worker was injured and one firefighter was taken out on a stretcher, but we re told he has minor injuries. again firefighters will be here for some time monitorying hot spots. in our team coverage of this breaking news continues now with our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and you were with us in the 5:00 newscast and it was a 2 alarm fire and now it s a 4 alarm fire due to the wind? we get this onshore flow returning from the coastline right across the peninsula. what i do want to show you here in a minute is the radar is actually picking up the smoke on 101, a major artery, thousands of people traveling that each and every day. we re pinpointing winds, 15 to 30 miles an