>> one of the passengers' lives not wearing ec build. he was unresponsive. the pilot then quickly made a u-turn in came back to baggy. he also tried to weed of the passenger. the passenger did not leak out. when he did captains. they did not want to leave. then, one of the guys punched the captain. after that, my husband and the other three guys or brand of the door chasing the guys all the way down to the end. when they got into the airport, that is when the confrontation happened. >> not only did it happen on the airplane as the pilot was escorting the two passengers from the airplane to the terminal, and that is when they attacked him. the other passengers helped the pilot. we learned the name of the two passengers, they are brothers. their names are jonathan and luis baez. according to an affidavit one of the brothers even threatened to the pilots. much more information coming up at 7:30 a.m.. another >> airline story this morning, a pair of sisters live from burbank to dallas said the southwest airlines click them off of the airplane during a layover because they were crying to much. southwest says they have no record of anyone being kicked off the flight. they were headed to texas to see their father who was on their deathbed. they were upset over the health of their father and not being destructive. >> i was bawling my eyes out, clearly upset, but i never said one thing to another passenger, i kept to myself. i did not have a glass of wine or any drinks on the airplane. i just feel like someone used some power and they should not have made a prejudgment about where i was coming from. >> i sense tension with the stewardess. i sense that something would happen. i have heard about things like this happening before. i was not necessarily a surprise when they pulled me aside and said we're going to have someone talk to you. i certainly did not think it would go that far. i thought that it would listen to our side of the story. >> southwest airlines said that if a passenger is determined to be destructive, the flight crew is distrusinstructed to use thet judgment. >> we are five days away from the u.s. government being able to borrow money to pay bills. now, the house of representatives will be voting today on a gop plan created by house speaker john maynard. even though the plan is dead in the water, and his plan would cut spending by more than 900 billion over 10 years. it raises the debt ceiling for only about six more months before a second vote would need to be taken. over in the senate, democrats have said that they will not support the gop plan because it could mean another risk of a government defaults and force cuts to programs like medicare. president obama said he would veto the plan. democrats are supporting a senate plan brought by majority leader harry reid that would raise the debt ceiling to the end of 2012, past the presidential election. if a deal is not reached by august 2nd, the u.s. government will no longer be able to borrow money to pay bills. with that, americans could be seeing higher interest rates on loans, credit cards and mortgages. a declining u.s. dollar and a partial government shutdown. >> we are just getting this mass into the newsroom as a tropical storm don that will have the coast of texas this weekend. here is the projected path. this shows where it is expected to make landfall. it could hit texas late friday or early saturday and a large area of the southern golf course is now under a tropical storm watch. since it is so hot, this committee cool them off a little bit. >> we have fought to close down in the area. it is really funny. heavy drizzle and windshield wipers this morning. a warm up on the way. >> we are beginning with the fall. here is the satellite view, it has grown over the course of the morning. combined to the immediate bay. over the oakland hills and down into the san ramon valley along 680, the north is still dealing with it from the golden gate bridge all the way north to santa rosa and the upper peninsula near the airport or and in san francisco we are seeing some fog there. it is not terribly dense, but enough to obscure the view and keep you from seeing the horizon. yet only gets warmer as we head to the east. >> as for san francisco and san rafael, slightly cooler. our temperatures this afternoon should warn to something like this, we are looking for made- averse '60s along the coast and a mix of '70s and '80s everywhere else around the bay except for the far east bay and down into the south bay, 90 degree territory. for most of the bay, we will be looking at '70s and '80s. where it will be hot we will see temperatures like this, 93 in los gatos. it is going to be toasty for anyone east of the oakland hills. compact package partly cloudy skies. our temperatures will continue to warmth through friday. we will hold that 89-90 degree temperature range and land. los 7 day around the bay and upper 60s along the coast. that is the pattern we will hang with until wednesday. let's check on the right. >> is looking pretty hawks the bay bridge is a clear. the san mateo bridge is a problem free as it usually is. no delays westbound or eastbound. the golden gate bridge commute is still a good one, it is still spotty. you may have to use the windshield wipers. right now, from marin county, 101 southbound is still moving well. drive * are under 30 minutes from navato to the golden gate bridge. was we are going live to washington right now. majority leader harry reid is speaking on the senate floor regarding the budget impasse. both parties priorities, the legislation i have on the floor protect those priorities. democratic priorities and republican priorities. unfortunately, we did not ask millionaires and billionaires to contribute their fair share. we would have loved to have done of the line has been drawn by republicans and we follow that. it does protect seniors with. we're cutting 2.5 trillion from the deficit. that is twice as much as the plant from john baena. house republicans refused to support the senate compromise. legislation is the art of compromise. they need to learn that. a significant number of republicans said that they would rather see the nation the fault them to cooperate with democrats. that says it all. it is difficult to comprehend that. this way of thinking has been rejected by the american people. three-quarters of americans want congress to compromise even if neither side gets with the one. -- what they want. i sat with fred thompson from tennessee. he served here in the senate admirably and went back to doing acting. former senator fred thompson is a republican. he urged members of his own party in an open letter to the house gop come to recognize a good deal when they see it. he said, i respectfully suggest that you retain your chips, stuff them in your pocket and go home. the proposal on the table cut the deficit by 2.5 trillion. if their goal is to rein in spending, they have already won. declare victory and leave. this is from fred thompson, republicans should know when to take the chips and walk away. the american writer albert herbert said, it is easy to get everything you want cork provided you first, learn to do with of the things >> the war of words continues between democrats and republicans as we're five days away from the government running out of money. harry reid presented one plan in the senate, house speaker john been presented as old plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending in the house of representatives. the house plan is coming up for a vote later today. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. athens earth >> and eight rebounds today, the jobless claims numbers police. the dallas opera right now to 12,003 under and 37. if >> as the labor department is saying that weekly applications fell by 24,000. 398 americans filed for unemployment for the first time last week. faugh -- riatas 98,000 americans filed for unemployment for the first time last week. >> 191 million, that is how much money electronics giants sony reported a loss in the first force burstquarter of last year >> we are watching the fog out there. a live look in san francisco at the bay bridge. it is pretty hazy and foggy. on the san mateo bridge, is not as bad although visibility is diminished. hothat is what we ae heading out the door to this morning. we have been seeing that all week. here is where the fog is on the satellite. visibility has not been impacted severely. it is more of an annoyance right now. it will pull back to looking like this, 9:00 a.m.. oakland, san francisco and san rafael, those of the only locations that will be dealing with all and to the coast at noon hanging there for the better part of the day until 8:00 p.m.. that is when it will start to build itself back in. temperatures are doing pretty good. this afternoon, temperatures will warm 2-3 degrees above where they were yesterday. if you're going to be near concord or walnut creek, mid-90s. a fairly nice day once the fall pulls back. we will get some sunshine. here is where the 7 day forecast shows orders will go. they will continue to climb through friday and then we will hold that pattern a little bit. but brady's, low 90s. it looks more like a summertime pattern. >> the writer is hotspot free. it is a good one for most of the bay area is not all. the ride on 101 through downtown san jose in the northbound into santa clara looks good. to 80 northbound looks good as well. less start our bridge check on the toll plaza. the westbound ride has no problems, backups, delays or incidents. it is an easy commute. so is the standard tale bridge, as you can see, the volume as normal on the right. there are no problems for your drive across the bridge in either direction. the golden gate self down from marin county, a pretty moderate ride is not light. >> let's take a break. the time is 7:20 a.m.. the kron 4 morning news will be right back. >> , or group resistant morning -- prosecutors filed paperwork yesterday opposing that bonn's new hearing requests to be thrown out. >> the woman suspected of stealing cash and other items from john p. host alex to back what he was asleep in his san francisco hotel room is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. 56 year-old lucinda boyer faces charges of burglary and receiving stolen property. >> the san francisco court is having a hearing today filed by opponents of the ban on circumcision. the judge says that she expects to strike down that ruling. the ruling finds that the proposed law prohibiting circumcision of male children violates the california law that makes regulating medical procedures a function of this date, not the city. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> the irs is asking airlines to refund taxes for people who purchase tickets before last weekend but just not taking drugs. congress failed to recertified the faa last friday. since the faa is not currently certified, that are not collecting a 10 percent ticket tax. the airlines are saying they are not required to issue a refund. most airlines are pocketing the extra money. some airlines are directing customers to call the irs. >> exxon mobil reported second quarter earnings today. they are up to 41% from last year, the largest publicly traded oil company recorded a profit of $10.7 billion. this is driven partly by higher gas prices but exxon and mobil fell short of earnings expectations. earnings per share were $2.18, that is 155 less than what they were hoping. >> x on mobile is down 2 percent right now. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> today the house of representatives are voting on a debt ceiling deal proposed by john boehner a. the president says it passes the senate will be vetoed. >> a pilots attacked by two passengers as the flight crew tried to remove the passengers from the plane. they are under arrest this morning. jeopardy host alex to back for his achilles' tendon after chasing a fee to grow into his hotel room. he is in town to host a geography contest that was held at google headquarters in mountain view. >> let's talk about our local forecast, james fletcher is here. >> it is slowly becoming a good morning for san francisco. this is a view from the roof camera. fog and cloud >> a short wait for the commute. they will make that up at the metering lights. we are incident free, but on the upper deck of the bridge. no hot spots around the bay area. >> a big story of san francisco, a pilot injured last night after being attacked in miami by two passengers headed to san francisco international. will tran is live at the airport with details. some >> we learned that he was attacked twice. here are the mug shots of the two brothers involved in all this. >> one brother was not after wearing his t-cellsseat belt. bt flight attendants tried to publicly get him to wake up, but he was unresponsive. when he told him he needed to get off of the plane, after you was unresponsive, or that is what the other brother got into this situation and sucker punched the pilot in the airplane. here is what one passenger had to say. >> they were escorting the man off of the airplane. as they got through the door, one of the men struck the pilot in his face. that is when everyone jumped up periods tsks ask. we follow thee corridor, we subdued him and got him on the ground. >> after being sucker punched on the airplane, the pilot helped to escort the passengers off the airplane. once he's got to the chief suspects -- once they got to the gate, he jumped on the pilot and jim multiple times syripunched him multiple . another pilot had to get on the plane. the pilot may have suffered permanant eye damage. >> that pair of sisters line from burbank to dallas say that southwest kick them off the plane during a layover in oakland. >> the sisters say they were headed to texas to seat her father who is on this deficit. -- the sisters say they were headed to texas to see their fathers who was on his deathbed. defense >> hal >> >> a wet and foggy morning. james fletcher has details. >> here is a live look at fault tracker showing you were the fault is projected to be in about >> it will pull back to the coast and then rebuild as we had overnight. it is the same pattern we have been seen all week. fog the in the morning and mellows out during the day and then comes back strong as we get into the evening. here is a live look at of walnut creek. price conditions already. sun shines, cloud, coastal fog. partly cloudy with inland temperatures getting into the '90s. we are going to watch this play throughout the day. our highs this afternoon, a few degrees warmer off today in over yesterday. 90s in the south of san jose, and temperatures in the '90s. your 7 day forecast shows that we will continue with some this 9 degree weather for the foreseeable future. if -- and 90 degree weather for the foreseeable your is your weather, like check on traffic. >> clean receiving a second wave on the day bridge toll plaza. a light commute on the bay >> there has not been anything report on the bridge. it is not a big slowdown. it is just more volume coming into the toll plaza as we move past the bottom of the 7:00 a.m. hour. on the san detailed bridge, the volume has been consistent. -- on the san mateo bridge, the volume has been pretty consistent. on the golden gate bridge, 101 in from marin county, an easy commute with no problems coming across. there is fog on the bridge, you may encounter fog over the wall so great as well. >> we will take a really quick break and when we come back a closer look at what is happening on wall street. >> it's a new report showing up foreclosures are down in the united states in most metro areas. that sharp drop is because banks are taking longer to move against homeowners. 84 percent of metropolitan areas have a race that dropped in the first half of the year. it's a big announcement for bay area baseball, the san francisco giants, j.r. stone has details. >> insiders say carlos will tran, an all star slugger with the mets has joined the san francisco dry hands in a trade that was done on wednesday. he has already hit 15 home runs for the men's and joins a giants baseball team that is first in the division. a baseball team that has struggled at times to score runs. reporting in san francisco, j.r. stone. >> on our facebook fan page, we built man would be a gain changer for the giants. here are what some viewers had to stay. >> to join in on the conversation, visit our facebook fan page and like us. we will be right back. >> asked more in a developing story, the debt ceiling showdown as lawmakers are struggling to come to an agreement to raise the debt limit before the august 2nd deadline or the u.s. government will run out of authority to borrow money. since joining us this morning is our congressman from the east bay, the tenth district, john garamendi. good morning congressman. a boat is coming up today on the plan by john boehner. how are you expecting to vote? >> no. that would clearly put social security and medicare and the whole and cause a significant reduction in benefits for seniors. i will not go there. >> sender reed says even if this passes the house and it makes it way to the senate, it is dead on arrival. the president said he would be to this proposal. why is the house even having a vote? >> i think john boehner needs to prove to his secret caucus that he is a tough the bill is very radical and it does nothing to create jobs. we will probably lose about 700,000 jobs beginning in october of this year because it cuts back on federal money for contrast and highways and all sorts of other things. >> senator reid has his own plan. is it possible that his plan could come to a boat too late to get is in before august 2nd? >> it is we will see. there is a fail- safe. that is a man in 14, section 4 of that amendment does allow the president, i believe, the authority to pay the bills. it says that american debt shall be honored. >> there is a lot of question about that, whether or not the president has that authority this or it is the fourteenth amendment providing that authority to congress. you believe the president has the authority on his own? >> i think we need to fail safe. it is unconscionable that republicans would create or manufactured a crisis that we did not have the half. " we have to do with the overall deficit, that is a long-term problem. we have to create the jobs for people to be able to pay taxes. those are things we must do. to use the debt ceiling as a lever to put in place policies that do not put people to work but would actually cause people to lose jobs is wrong. to that is what the republicans have done. i believe the fourteenth amendment as a fail-safe. >> we are one of few industrialized nations that has a debt ceiling. you think having one is a good idea? >> no. this issue arises from time to time. it has doubled to prevent to annual deficits. house what we need is what president clinton did, that is putting in place reforms that action will lead to a balanced budget. he did it when he was president. we know how to do it, we need to do it again. that is the balanced approach is that president obama suggest we put in place but has not been able to get traction, not in the house of representatives. >> it does appear that the vote for john boehner may pass the house but will not pass the senate. will the plan for senator reid, doesn't have a chance of passing in the house? >> think that it does. we are down to crunch time. we will see what happens. of course, there is a fail-safe that ultimately the president could in vote the fourteenth amendment. >> we will see what happens. everyone is, what happens. i represent in john garamendi. they can join us. six >> we are moving on to some weekend weather. heavy rains pounded parts of illinois prompting forecasters t