benefited and i think that we need to put all things on the table but again, if we're looking in a real solution goits tok 10s ndz cuts for every $1 of increase in revenue. >> saying the increases are on the table. i asked if what he was saying represent aid shift in the republican party line. he said no. just his opinion but if former chair of the california republican party is leaning towards increasing taxes on the wealthy, that is a change from what we've been hearing from party leaders in congress. >> and president obama's resume posted on his page is outdated. it does not list $447 billion jobs plan he pitched today and also missing is any mention of the health care reform passed on his watch. the end of don't ask, don't tell and the killing of osama bin laden. here is what some viewers are saying about the president's visit. stephanie writes why pay 30,000ses today eat dinner with 70 people when everyone else is starving and losing homes and homeless. john michael schwartz says he raised over $2 million while here at the bay area on our tax dollars to fly him around. >> and republicans held their own version of a meeting today that was a virtual appearance on the social networking site, facebook. >> there is a trio of members here and they makeup the -- key members of the congressional leadership. their participation offered an interesting counter balance to the message. >> we'll talk about how to get this economy moving again. do you take the way obama has been doing or do you focus on small business? we have a different approach to it. >> and this majority leader eric cantor of virginia and congressman paul ryan of wisconsin have been dubbed the young guns. they say they want to connect with facebook users and offer their alternative to the plans for the kme. this forum offers a perfect opportunity and a timing is ideal since the president was just out of the bay area a couple hours before this forum kicked off. >> i have three young children. i'm concerned about the future if they're going to end up paying more of the debt we're accumulating. >> our government have been making promises it can't keep. about $100 trillion worth what. we propose is let's tackle these problems now. it's better sooner you could it. -- do it. >> facebook users began posting questions over several days and while the main focus is the economy and jobs, questions posted by users range from immigration reforms to health care reforms and a bill aimed at online gambling. i did ask before they entered face dgs book -- facebook if they were here they said that that is just a coincidence this, is scheduled several weeks before. >> there is some big news about jobs for you. macy's plans to hire 78,000 employees for the holiday season. a 4% increase in the seasonal hiring over last year. and available positions will be in sales, customer service and distrigs. there might be some opportunities for year-round employment. abc 7 and job journal sponsoring another hire event to help get people back to work. the next job fair is next monday, october 3 in emeryville. wall street saw big gains and investors responded to the pledge by european leaders promising to take bolder steps to solve their problems. dow jones closed up 272 points and s and p 500 climbed 26. pg&e record keeping of the natural gas transmission system so bad the system could be on the brink of catastrophic failure that, is what the national transportation safety board concluded in the final report on the pipeline rupture release today. the report says true danger is impossible to determine because the record keeping is awful. the ntsb listed recommendations for utility to follow in the hopes of preventing another tragedy. pg&e fwhot give an interview today, releasing their response in a video statement. >> we'll continue to look at the report and make sure we've addressed and embraced all of the words and all of the suggested actions within that report. >> that includes installing shut off valves and improving safety response times, national transportation safety board says the disaster began when an electrical component failed that forced to open and increase pressure on the pipeline and that caused a section of the line to rupture in glenn view neighborhood. >> pg&e promised to be more vigilant about public safety after the disaster but some neighbors are questioning utility communication skills after being frightened by an incident. we have that story from pittsburgh. wayne? >> what we may have here is a failure to communicate or perhaps also a failure to listen. it's probably a combination of both. this is quiet today in pittsburgh today. and residents endured yesterday. >> there was a loud computer. you have to shout maybe five-10 feet away. >> this one was the sound of pg&e venting three million feet of gas yesterday. the noise is perfectly normal. and utility warned 3100 residents with individual phone messages clearly it suffered a failure to communicate. residents fled for fear of explosion. >> my neighbor two doors down came running outside z thought a jet airliner coming down. >> looked like a scene out of that movie. hate to say that. i went in to lock things down there are fresh beers in glasses. that will never happen again. >> today, utility was apologetic resuming, this time venting gas through a muffler truck to cut down noise. >> customers may smell natural gas but we hope that they're feeling more comfortable. >> real work two block as way. pg&e is replacing line for which it says it has no record this, is a precaution, and yet when pg&e does something right, critics find flaws, carol lives 20 feet from the line. >> do you know what they're doing sneer. >> sorry. i don't. i have been told nudging. >> we're doing an extensive outreach effort to our customers. we want to address any concerns or answer questions they may have. >> pg&e is on hand watching, as we are and you are the work going on as that venting section here, you can't hear anything at this point because goitsing through a truck. and as for information that mobile home park pg&e says and this park handed it off to the manager. the manager says he or she was going to dribt ut -- distribute it to the residents. as to after that, nobody knows. >> thank you very much. >> and natural gas leak inside of a home triggered an explosion that sent two people to the hospital in seattle. one suffered burns. the home went up in flames in a neighborhood miles north of the university of washington campus. investigators revealed this afternoon residents smelled gas sunday night but never reported it. the gas may have come from an appliance inside of the home. the blast shook the block. >> this is unbelievable. many flames just huge. >> and the local utility sealed the gas leak and it remains unclear if the exsplogs related to that leak. and a drunk cyclist was arrested after crashing into a pregnant woman. police say the 32-year-old was riding his bike last night. he hit the woman and knocked her to the swauk. the times reports shaver was nearly four times the legal alcohol limit. the woman is seven months pleg prelg nant and taken to the hospital with moderate injury autos police worried a murder hundreds of miles away might trigger violence between biker gangs on the streets of the south bay. the flag at hell's angels headquarters in honor of the president of hell's angels was killed inside of the nugget casino. he worked for the city of san jose. >> jethro is a down to earth human being, wasn't out to hurt nobody. what happened to him wasn't right at all. >> police tell our media partner mercury news that the shooting could spark retaliation in san jose or somewhere else in california. >> and coming up, the common drink can help women chase away blues. >> and from 7 on your side, designing to help you resolve biggest financial hurdles. >> get ready for some warm afternoons. i'm sandhya patel and will show you how much temperatures rise incoming day autos thank you and sesame street's new format plans to focus on the subject where american children need to make gains. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. hollywood stars are joining the wall for governor brown to sign a bill banning shark fin soup. today several mayoral candidates were joined in support of the legislation. estimated 73 million sharks have their fins cutoff every year z left to bleed to death in the ocean. >> this is a practice that should not continue and that are not sustainable. they have to end, today. >> supporters dismissed accusations the measure unfairly attracts chinese culture. the governor has until october 9th to sign or veto it. last july, hawaii became the first state in the country to ban shark fin soup. >> the u.s. senate sont verge of passing legislation avoiding a partial government shut down this weekend. the break through after fema determined it had money to operate through friday. and that allowed lawmakers to end their standoff, triggered when house republicans refused to aloe indicate more money to fema unless offset by cuts and other spending. assuring there would be no interruption in areas batter bid natural disaster autos san francisco and many professionals getting together in an effort to make your financial life better. we like the sound of that. >> if you can dial 211, you can get in on some major financial help, tomorrow and wednesday night. no matter financial concern, they have you covered. >> are you having money problems? do you need advice? you want to talk to these guys. tomorrow and wednesday night, the zpi county of san francisco have partnered with exforts offer a financial advice phoneathon. dial 211 and you'll receive free advice on credit, debt, mortgages, savings, and invest gs. >> times are tough for people now. people are struggling with this lingering recession aftermath. and this is just another way for to us give back to the kmuchblt. >> -- community. >> consumer credit counseling services with financial planners association are among those offering help. >> we have financial planners and members from the government community to talk about benefits. we have regular 11 people at united way. they're skilled and services that are available to public. we think we've got everybody covered. >> what is the catch? this hot line is for san francisco and nappa, and marin county residents and others will offer reeferals. to get in on the phoneathon, dial 211 september 27th and 28th between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. >> okay, let's under line that. tomorrow, wednesday, between 4:00 and 8:00. it's a great service. you ought to get in on it. >> thank you. >> sure. >> great advice. >> first lady michelle obama says all too often women are forced to give up careers in research to focus on their families and kids. and that is why the first lady is embracing rules drafted by the national science foundation allowing both men and women to suspend research grants up to a year while they tend to issues at home, other steps include filing reviews online. >> and elmo and cookie monster switching from abcs to 123s. the popular show announced it's modifying it's format to include more math and science. and there seems to be a great need american teens ranked 23 in science, and 30th engineer math among industrialized nations. early exposure can go a long way. studies have shown preschoolers cho who watch sesame street get better grades in high school. >> and sandhya patel has the accu-weather forecast. and we're going continue to see warmer weather incoming day autos and since summer hasn't been summer, we haven't had too many warm days but there is warm autumn weather coming up. take advantage of it. here is a live picture from our sutro camera. there is some wind picking up out of the west and that is about 20-30 hours. there is is a look from our camera that is sunny skies across the bay. and there is lots of sunshine incoming days and warm weather no matter where you are. few clouds we have this morning just evaporated. everyone enjoying sunshine. and there is a trend going to take us into the next couple days, low 80s inland east bay, along the coast mid to upper 60s so pleasant weather and mostly clear skies tonight. looking at warm days through thursday and there is possibility of drizzle and possibly light showers heading into weekend. and there is cool pockets, clear skies and santa rosa, 49 degrees, 50 in napa, coming down down to 52 in half moon bay z livermore, and really if any fog forms it's going to be patchy and toward morning hours, here is why we have a ridge of high pressure going to dominate our weather pat yesh. looking at warm patterns throughout thursday with high located inland, nice off shore flow pattern develop. winds continuing to blow and we've seen a little bit that have already today z heading into wednesday, when this happens, we're going to see warmest day of the week. fog gets clearly pushed away from the coast and down sloping winds tending to warm up coastal areas that comes down from hills. and highs for thus tus mid-80s santa clara and san jose. warm days on the peninsula. 82 degrees redwood city. and los altos, mid-80s, 70 degrees in pacifica. half moon bay, 72 degrees, san francisco, is into low to mid-70s this, is what i'm talking about and some of the warmest times of the year here, low 90s for clover dale. and 88 in santa rosa. 78 oakland. inreasoned areas you're going run warm as well. 91 for new livermore. around the bay, it's a beach day. 82 in santa cruz, 89 inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. head to the beaches and take advantage. low to mid-70s at the coastline. low to mid-90s inland. we can see cooling beginning as we head into thursday. a little bit but not much until friday. and over the weekend more clouds breezier and you can get drizzle into next week. >> you can never put your clothes away. >> thank you very much oo. and coming up, risky behavior teenagers are likely to engage in if they lack a good night's sleep and a racy bill board and why a mall is now involved in a cover up. $$$$$$$$i >> you want to chase the blues away you might want to try drinking coughy. a study found women who drank large amounts of coffee are less likely to be depressed. and those who averaged two to three cups daley were 15% less likely to develop depression, four cups or more associated with 0% lower right after this skpk it's not clear why coffee might protect against depression. >> and teenagers are more like risky behavior if they don't get a good night's sleep. according to a study teen who's lack disease often smoke drink, use marijuana and sexually active or feed sad and hopeless, high school students encouraged to get eight hours of sleep. 68% of teens survive -- surveyed that, is, reported getting less, that study published in preventative medicine. >> local air show where pilot captain cullen burger is going for a flight. ii so...what do 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