0 more than 650,000 workers at the pentagon, the first of 11 days without pay through september because of the sequester. thank you so much for joining us. it is a monday, beautiful monday morning here in new york. and we hope you have a great day. thanks so much for joining us. there s going to be a lot of news happening including the zimmerman trial and the very latest in that horrible fatal crash that happened in san francisco. exactly. fox & friends starts right now for all of that. good morning. hope you had a great weekend. it is now monday, july 8. i m gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. brand-new footage of the moments of impact of that plane crash. new clues on why that plane did crash into a san francisco runway, like the pilot was in training. we re live on the scene. steve: hundreds survived the crash but would you know what to do if you were in one of those seats. tips you need to stay alive when that happens. like which seat is the safest on the p
tragedy that has affected all deeply to the core. chp officers came and went in a constant stream to the emergency room at john muir medical center. one hour after his death, a chp helicoptercled the hospital flashing lights in what appeared to be a salute to the fallen officer. the family wanted to once again express their deepest gratitude to the law enforcement family, first responders, medical staff, members of the public. you ve been amazing. it s important that you guys know, he absolutely loved his job and the service that they did. all us and in the community, truly. reporter: a fund to help out the officer s wife and four children has been set up and docks will be accepted we are told at all wells fargo branches. also on thursday the family and officials are supposed to begin talking about plans for a memorial. for a sad night here in walnut creek. abc 7 news. in the meantime, the death which is gut-wrenching a candlelight vigil when the news spread. few
is the word tonight from washington, d.c. about a deal to avoid a first-ever government default. our craig boswell joins us live from washington, d.c. with new details in the debt showdown. reporter: heather, good evening. we have had heard that we re still not finished and we re working hard though. an 11th-hour deal could be at hand to prevent the us government from defaulting on hesitate debt. both sides expressing optimism that they will finally be able to break this bipartisan impasse. cooperation is theth way forward. reporter: a tentative deal between congress and the white house would raise the nation s debt ceiling through 2012 and also includes guarantied cuts of about $900 billion, but in this two-stage agreement, a second debt limit increase would prompt one of three scenarios. first, a bispart zhan committee would have to identify at least $1.25 trillion savings written in a bill that must clear congress. if not, congress must pass a balanced-budget amendme