here to tell us how it works, financial adviser karen lee. karen, good to talk to you. >> you, too. >> we're not just talking about writing out a check indiscriminately, you're talking about a plan, very specific reasons why people want to give. what's the why of it. >> thank you for clarifying that we're not talking about helping out kids coming back home saying i need help. you've clearly defined you have extra money and you want to give it away, you may have a financial adviser or estate attorney telling you you need to reduce your estate. but mostly you want to give it away while you're alive. that's the why people give. let's talk about what you can give. >> be strategic about it. >> of course, you can write a check. first let's go over the rules. every donor is allowed to give up to $13,000 a year to any amount of donees. if it's a married couple, that's two, so that's $26,000. the number of donees is unlimited. if you need to reduce your estate, you can do a lot. they don't have to be related to you. >> they don't? >> generally you'll

fox 5's karen gray houston takes a closer look. >> reporter: brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify before the committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprised by this, because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the "washington post." he says he'll also testify the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him, and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also says the congressional oversight committee investigating the case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence he wants. >> reporter: records show brown accepted more than $600 in contributions, which he says came from brooks. some of the names were misspelled. brown says the donations came from his s

i have had a request from karen roy to move up in the list. if people could come up so that we can make sure that people are following each other. i would be remiss in not mentioning my staff person, laura marshall, who had a large part in gathering and writing the data for this report. she has moved on from the department, now at the department of public health, which means we are down one staff person. recidivism study, communities report, and analysis of temporary restraining orders. we have suffered a 75% cut in that position, so the question of staff resources will be a challenge. i did want to give time to participating members of the family violence council. >> good morning comme. my name is karen roy, and i am the director for trout protective services and san francisco and a member of the family violence council. we concur with and support the findings of the family violence council report. out of use its experience in managing cases where domestic violence is an issue. cases are open in one of two ways. they are referred from the hum

includes myself and anna alvarez, the chair of the san francisco department of recreation and parks, karen kidwell at the san francisco parks, casey allen at s.f.

they know he was there to announce his intentions for the presidency, for karen's point to talk about people living through the living paycheck to paycheck, this was a shot across the belt. frankly for the attention, so to speak, to move from romney to sarah palin. i think sarah palin is crazy like a fox and knew exactly what she was doing. >> karen, i have some sound for you and i want to get your reaction. >> okay. >> do i think it is possible that sarah palin can win? absolutely. she represents an extreme fringe of the republican party but extreme fringes do have a huge amount of influence in the primary. >> so, karen, let's treat her as though she's a candidate, hold her to that fire or that light, if you will. speaking this weekend, she seems to be saying her bus tour is helping her warm up to making a run. and it seems like howard dean is saying, hey, she might be able to beat obama. >> yeah, you know, a couple of points on that. the other thing about her bus trip, there is a lot of questions as i wrote for the hill about who is really paying for it. but to governor dean's point

karen elzey. ♪ guest: budget talks resume on capitol hill when congress returns on monday. in the meantime, school is out throughout most of the united states. with that in mind, we will start the "washington journal" this morning with a discussion based on sunday's "new york times," waivers on node child walk requirements. do you think it is time for waivers to be granted regarding no child left behind? it is an article by sam dillon. he writes, the main federal law on public education, arne duncan signaled that he would use his executive authority to free stage from a lot centerpiece requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014. that is what we will be talking about for the first 45 minutes. this edition of the "washington journal," if you want to get involved with the conversation, at the numbers are on the screen. we have a special line for teachers and administrators. we would like to hear from you this morning. if you want to get in touch with us, our meet reggie

>> oh, karen. this case is a setback, for people of color it is a setback for ordinary americans, for whom the law and its legal remedies have no meaning. without class action. >> i'm go to have to disagree say i think this is in the a step back but step forward and reigning in out of control judiciary and deal system that ultimately will benefit men and women. >> this is definitely a setback for women who are regularly discriminated against in the workplace and also discriminated against in the legal system. but i also agree it's a huge set back for the class action suit which takes care of the every day individual that captain afford to bring a suit by themselves. >> absolutely not. of i think what this does is it reaffirms definition of the rules of civil procedure concerning what constitutes a class and class action suit the ability for individuals to sue or even for class action suit to take place, just simply reaffirms the definition but not as broadly determined. >> we have 50-50 split right

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abc karen traverse has more. >> reporter: today a final salute for robert gates. >> one of our face's finest publicer is vants. >> mr. obama gave gates the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. award came as a surprise. >> getting pretty good at this overt op stuff. >> his career spans four decades. working for eight different presidents in the national security division, including the c.i.a. director. in november of 2006, president george w. bush asked gates to replace controversial donald rumsfeld at the pentagon. gates said from the beginning one of his top responsibilities would be correcting the situation in iraq. >> we are not winning the war in iraq; is that correct? >> that is my view, yes, sir. >> reporter: he won praise for taking on the pentagon bureaucracy, and fighting for better care for u.s. service members and cutting expensive weapon systems. he jaw soefr surge in troops if iraq and afghanistan. he made no secret of the desire to return to private life. he told abc's diane saw her he feels the human cost of war and has become cautious as a result.

karen travers, abc news washington. >> firefighters turned the focus to defending town in new mexico in the massive wildfires that started in arizona. residents in the northern edge of the fire have been allowed to go home and the fire crews are trying to stop the fire from going into new mexico. they have lit fires to force a fire break. it is only 10 percent contained at this point. there are evacuation at this hour in the missouri river after two levees failed. officials are worried about flash flooding around hamburg and iowa and missouri. one levee has a 55 foot hole. the missouri river has been rising from heavy spring rains and above average snow melt in the rockies. >> here is a group enjoying water. birds of a feather surf together. take a look. this is one of the top viral videos on youtube. the flock of geese caught waves in the lake. they are surfing and looking good. >> experts say geese swim rapids in a way to get from point a to point b. >> tremendous balance in the white water there. >> exactly. >> we are going to see temperatures coming up here in the next couple of

[laughter] we can start with karen karen, and if you can speak here at the podium . >> thank you, walter, and thank you, all, for coming. i have to start with a disclaimer which i'm not an expert on the isi. my relationship with them is what i would call transactional which is the word that the pakistanis always use about in a negative sense about their relations with the united states, that the united states is interested in its specific goals and what it wants, when it wants it, but not anything long term. i say my relationship is with them because i want to know when i want to know it like all journalists, and sometimes they and our own intelligence people cooperate, and most of the time they don't, but i want to talk just a little bit by way of introduction to the true experts on this organization of current events and where the isi fits in and what u.s. intelligence thinks about them. it's important, i think, to make a couple of initial points, and one is to acknowledge how much we, we being the united states, don't know. i think the cia as walter indicated is constantly frustrated

all we can say right now, karen, they are looking into that and it cannot happen fast enough for ron from iamsville who says not again. no wonder our economy continues to go down the tubes. who knows what other secrets are impacting the decision makers of government. i ask you, when is this going to end? end ron? it's not going to end. anymore than it started with this latest round of men behaving badly. perhaps the better question might be, how many other top officials are today's scrubbing hard drives or smashing cell phone sim cards. while love may be fleeting. if it's digital, it may be for ever. mailbag@wusa9.com. that's our report. i'll be back here tonight at 11:00 iowa long with anita brikman and tonight we are working on the newest item catching crook's attention. high end hair weaves. that's tonight at 11:00. log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you a bit later. bye bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the entertainment new the world. arnold and maria has a secret divorce deal been reached? >> she correct settlement, are the kids taking sides? >> reports of a settlemen

do you know jimmy, susan and karen? >> you guys are having a great discussion. >> well, you're going to make it better. again, give us your sense of how you would define going back -- what was it that jimmy carter said? >> i had lust in my heart. >> i think it starts there. you can't measure that. when your partner can't measure what is going on with your heart. that's your safety zone. you have what is in your head and heart. >> why do you have to share that? >> many times my husband reads my thoughts. there are things can you do. it is your behaviors people are saying. so yes, this is expanding that definition. >> is it infidelity? >> yes it is infidelity. >> in a court of law -- go ahead. >> isn't that like porn? you know it when you see it. you know it when you feel it. in a relationship, what is treating to you, may not be to you. what is infe dillity to me my not be -- >> well, jimmy is -- >> what is that h. >> i do think there are basic things. i think we get into a gray area around the emotional stuff. we think

karen travers has the highlights. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. good morning, daniel. a couple of highlights from last night's debate. front-runner, mitt romney escaped without any major scratches. michele bachmann showed up prepared and ready for the spotlight. and all of the candidates agree, and this is not a surprise, president obama has failed on the economy. right out of the gate, it was clear who the presidential republican contenders wanted to focus on. >> this president has failed. >> the obama administration is an anti-jobs, anti-business, anti-american energy, destructive force. >> reporter: on sunday, tim pawlenty went straight for romney's achilles' heel, the health care law he enacted as governor of massachusetts. >> president obama said he designed obama care after romney care. and basically made it obamney care. >> reporter: pawlenty reverted back to minnesota nights. and he was uncomfortable attacking romney as they shared the stage. designed obama care on the massachusetts health care plan. >> reporter: michele bachmann arrived a

karen brown on the fire that keeps growing and growing. >> firefighters are working round the clock to protect key mountain towns in eastern arizona. under siege from a massive wildfire. >> the smoke was so dim and of a different nature and it began to frighten us and maybe it was something we couldn't handle. >> the hunts decided to stay put. although most of springerville is evacuated they wanted to help watch over their neighbor's property. >> there was key to get out and do something to protect your home. >> so far firefighters have managed to steer the flames around the town but as the high winds return, they are worried it could circle back and come straight for them. >> we will always appreciate what has been done for us. >> each day is one day closer to the end we hope. >> and now officials have another worry. extremely hazardous air quality. they say for the residents and the firefighters. the level of soot in the air is dangerously off the charts. for the community, the amount of particulate matter, smoke in the air, is a big issue. >> more than 10,000 people have evacuated a

here's karen travers. >> reporter: a world of top golfers are hitting the links but on a different course in the nation's capital that's where you'll find the real power players. >> playing with the president and vice president ought to be a wonderful day because -- i'm dead serious. it's golf. >> reporter: expectations for this golf summit are running high. weeks of tense negotiations on capitol hill have yielded little progress on the deficit. could 18 holes of golf away from the media glare and partisan bickering produce a compromise? >> i think i can say with great confidence that they will not wrap up the 18th hole and come out and say that we have a deal. >> reporter: the president and speaker boehner have established a functioning working relationship, but nobody would call them buddies. unlike, say, bill clinton who was notorious for fudging his score card, president obama is up front about his golf skills. white house aides say there's been no trash talk from the notoriously competitive president obama. perhaps that's a good strategy. we hear his handicap is about a 17. karen tra

karen gray houston is taking a closer look tonight. >> reporter: sulaiman brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a superior court judge compelling him to testify before mary cheh's committee on government operations. >> i'm surprised because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began and he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena or anything. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies on monday, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the washington post. he said he will also testify that the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him. and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also said the congressional oversite committee investigating this case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence that he wants. >> reporter: campaign records show brown accepted more than $600 in contributions which brown said came from gray campaign co

that's his wife speaking right there, karen -- karen garver- santorum. by the -- by the way, they have seven children. he joins the growing crowd of kiss -- candidates speak -- seeking the republic nomination. let's listen in a little bit as rick santorum makes his announcement. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. let me just first say to my wife, karen, and to these children behind me, in my -- and i one blessed man. [ cheers ] >> thank you, karen, thank you, kids for -- they've known a lot of being involved in public life. and as we all know, that's not an easy life. they've stood behind me every step of the way. not only have they stood behind me but they've actually led me and encouraged me and fought with me side by side. so karen, thank you so much for your love and support. >> he's about to announce his presidency for president of the united states. he's known as a social conservative with a strong anti- -abortion stance. -- anti-abortion stance. anthony wieners had an uncomfortable moment last week abou

karen brown, springerville, arizona. >>> overseas the 11 week foup rising against syrian president is turning more brutal and chaotic. at the army is moving in on protesters in a town near the turkish border. the syrian government says 120 soldiers and police killed there by armed gangs but witnesses say soldiers fired on other soldier who is with refused to shoot the demonstrators. >>> robert gates wraps up his final trip. he will deliver a speech on global security issues in brussels. yesterday he said no rush to the exits when u.s. forces begin leaving afghanistan next month. >>> the man in line to replace gates, leon panetta, currently running the cia, testified yesterday at a senate confirmation hearing. as defense secretary panetta will inherit two wars he made it very clear he'll resist pressure to end them too quickly. here's david martin. >> reporter: with americans still coming home in flag-draped caskets from iraq, cia director panetta revealed a surprising and to many, no doubt, confusing fact. now there are a thousand al qaeda still in haerk. iraq. it, too, continues to b

but he doesn't appear to be going anywhere, does he karen? >> he says he is not quitting. and anthony, and the democrats, a number of them have called for his resignation. nancy pelosi, after he got up and declared that he did not believe he violate good house rules, within minutes, she had put out a news release saying she was going to see if the ethics committee agreed with that. harry reid, the senate majority leader was asked, you know, what would you do if anthony weiner came to you for advice? and he said, i'd tell him go somewhere else. but it's really striking because, you know, it sort of proved that there are really no new sins in washington. there are just new means of committing them. and the sort of speed with which this scandal moved, i think, is also something that is new. he was out there for 10 days with this sort of cover story that, oh, this was somebody had hacked his twitter account and sent out this suggestive photo. it turns out that there are photos much worse than that out there now on twitter. but ultimately, the truth catches up with you, because

karen brown, cbs news, springerville, arizona. >>> it seems like everywhere else in the country has it worse than we do, roberta. >> absolutely. the only snag in our forecast happens to be the return of the summer time june gloom in the form of the low clouds and fog that's now really embracing the golden gate bridge. has pretty much stayed there all day long. in fact, if you are out and about on this thursday evening, this is what you can anticipate. we have the cloud right there marching onshore pushing underneath the golden gate bridge -- it will eventually track 50 miles inland over night. out and about, 80 in concord and livermore. 60s common around the bay. if you are heading out to giants baseball action, it's 59 degrees and expect a little breeze so bundle up heading out to at&t park. let's set the stage for your friday. gray start, clearing all the way back to the coast by the afternoon hours. so then those low clouds and fog reform and stacks up along the coast and pushes inland. here's your thursday morning and notice the stratus all the way inland and then, in the overnight

thank you. >> thank you, karen. daniel, please. >> mayor lee, supervisor mirkarimi, the department heads, i want to say two things that stick out in my mind about this whole setting. i know the department of education is not here. we are talking about budget and money. however, our community is yearning, especially the disenfranchised community of the western addition, to be educated. when we speak about money, to really speak about money, you have to have an enlightened community. that is not so good that we are not discussing education at all tonight. in the spirit of the budget, i think a lot of times, it is so much money going toward law enforcement, we need to use a balanced approach. we have 800k coming out of the office of economic and work- force development. we have so many problems with them on how this money has been with our community. it should be a no-brainer, you would think, but you get resistance from people looking for a personal paycheck at the expense of a community that has been impacted for so

karen brown, springerville, arizona. >>> to some sad news now, bruce springsteen's saxophone player, clarence clemones has had a stroke. to springsteen fans, he's known as big man, the 69-year-old has been playing with springsteen since 1971 and has been in failing health the past few years. >>> and talk about short, this is 18-year-old junrey balawing from the philippines. he's not quite two feet tall. that puts him in the "guinness book of world records" as the shortest man in the world. his parents say he stopped growing two months after birth. it was a big party for the little guy at the official measuring ceremony. >>> coming up on your monday morning, we've got weather for you and in sports, getting rough, push comes to shove in the finals. dallas looks for its first nba title. we'll be right back. you're gonna want mr. fuzzyman even more now that we've discovered beneful playful life. with real, wholesome ingredients like beef, egg, and even oatmeal. extra protein for strong muscles. so you're ready for anything. you think you're getting spoiled. but it's so good for you, too.

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> the angle on this expected to emerge today. it's been reported that repeated interference by gingrich's wife, callista, had caused staffers to leave. we'll have the latest developments on that, coming up later on "good morning america." >>> the way journalists are swarming the state of alaska this morning, you would think the famed iditarod race was getting underway. instead, alaska is releasing 24,000 pages of sarah palin's e-mails from her first 2 year as governor. the e-mails are available in paper form only, and must be picked up from juneau. palin insists the documents contain nothing new. but she says she expects some people to take the messages, quote, out of context. >>> and the president's choice for defense secretary says u.s. troops may be in iraq beyond the end of the year. leon panetta made the statement during his senate confirmation hearing. saying that the iraqi government may ask that some troops remain in the country. there's currently 47,000 u.s. troops in iraq. but none in a combat role. >>> perhaps the poli

karen travers has more now from washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, good morning, daniel. new hampshire voters pride themselves on their "first in the nation" voting status and their political savvy. but as the granite state, is it big enough for mitt romney and sarah palin? >> i believe in america. i am running for president of the united states. >> reporter: kicking off his campaign in the key early voting state of new hampshire, the former massachusetts governor looked past republican rivals and down the road to the general election. >> mr. president, you have had your chance. >> reporter: romney hasn't won over party leaders or generated considerable grassros ut >> mitt romney is the closest thing we have to a front-runner in this early field. he has money, name recognition, he's been battle tested. he's gone through this before. he has a campaign orgzati there aren' oth >> reporter: there is the large palbros nec the health care plan he enac some conservatives say it is exactly the same as pr

abc karen traverse has more. >> reporter: today a final salute for robert gates. >> one of our face's finest publicer is vants. >> mr. obama gave gates the presidential medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor. award came as a surprise. >> getting pretty good at this overt op stuff. >> his career spans four decades. working for eight different presidents in the national security division, including the c.i.a. director. in november of 2006 president george w. bush asked gates to replace controversial donald rumsfeld at the pentagon. gates said from the beginning one of his top responsibilities would be correcting the situation in iraq. >> we are not winning the war in iraq; is that correct? >> that is my view, yes, sir. >> reporter: he won praise for taking on the pentagon bureaucracy, and fighting for better care for u.s. service members and cutting expensive weapon systems. he jaw soefr surge in troops if iraq and afghanistan. he made no secret of the desire to return to private life. he told abc's diane saw her he feels the human cost of war and has become cautious as a result.

karen, to you first. did he cheap it up last night by going on "hannity" or there is a perception that he has some explaining to do? >> i don't think he's cheleanedt up and more's why. the most damaging mistakes in politics are the ones that speak to the concerns that voters already have about you. in the case of the republican base, the concern about tim pawlenty is whether he's tough enough to take the fight to obama and sort of see him come up with a good attack line, then do a do-over, then do a do-over of his do-over only has increased doubts about whether this is the guy the party wants to sort of carry them into the fight with barack obama in the fall of 2012. >> i like that. a do-over of his do-over. jeff, what happened? obviously, a candidate sets the tone of his campaign, but he has a staff, they go through these meetings. they made a decision to do obamnycare. they had to know that would be a question in the debate. >> it's really mystifying, john. even more mystifying, a few hours before the d

karen travers has the very latest from washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. good morning, daniel. president obama acknowledged the human cost of the war in afghanistan. but he also used the speech to speak to those who are frustrated with the billions of dollars that's being spent there. the war in afghanistan has cost the u.s. heavily. and last night president obama announced the beginning of the end. >> i also made it clear that our commitment would not be open-ended and that we would begin to draw down our forces this july. tonight, i can tell you that we are fulfilling that commitment. >> reporter: right now there are nearly 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. that includes the 30,000 surge troops that deployed starting in 2009. the president said last night that 5,000 troops will leave this summer. another 5,000 by the end of this year. 23,000 more will be home by the end of the summer of 2012. but is that enough for a war-weary american public and a frustrated congress? the u.s. is spending $120 bil

karen, children, thank you so much for your love and support. god bless you. thank you. [applause] i want to thank all of you for coming out here today. it is a beautiful day. it is always beautiful in somerset county. you must think i am not from somerset county if i thought that, right? [laughter] it is a beautiful day, a chamber of commerce day in somerset county. thank you to everyone here in the local committee for the cooperation and support at being here and showing up and for being where it all started. that is why we're here. the hour american journey started here in somerset county and so it is great to be here. thank you somerset county for coming out for us. [applause] the most common question i've had the past 20 months was, are you running? the answer i always gave took me awhile, but i come up with this -- no, i am not walking, i am running -- no, i'm not running, i am walking. i was walking because i wanted to get out and talk to americans all across america. dozens and dozens of states the past couple of years. with the heavy sampling on iowa, new hampsh

karen travers has details on this and reaction. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, good morning, daniel. the plaintiffs in this case, six female walmart employees, claim they can prove the retail giant discriminated against all its female employees. the supreme court was not convinced. it's a blockbuster unanimous ruling. the supreme court ruled that one of the largest class action lawsuits in history could not go forward against retail giant walmart. in a statement, walmart said the court made the right decision. the plaintiffs' claims were worlds away from showing a company-wide discriminatory pay and promotion policy. but on one critical issue there was disagreement. the court split 5-4 on ideological lines and ruled there were too many women in too many different jobs to group together into one lawsuit. >> the courthouse door will be closed on millions of women and others who face discrimination when they try to vindicate their rights in court. >> reporter: the case alleged walmart's female employees were su

week's complete his stories our pals in a heating pad which news editor and writer at townhall dot karen finney democratic strategist and jamie weinstein senior editor at the daily caller welcome to all of you and let's get started. here. the new jersey state house passed a harsh anti-union bill yesterday that shreds public employee benefits cuts off because the living increases their pensions and kills their collective bargaining rights but this isn't new. you got new jersey governor chris christie is just one of several republican governors who declared war on the middle thoughts all around america as this chart shows the american people are turning against this radical right wing agenda's republican governors around the country are watching their poll numbers plummet and shouldn't governor rick snyder for example numbers have dropped twenty five points since he won election last year so these republicans. listen to their constituents and abandon their war a little they will they just ramp up their war on democracy with voter id laws to just franchise millions of voters who are urban a

tell us what's happening right now with this fire, karen. >> hi. currently right now our fire is pushing 15,000 acres, which is going to put it right up there with the one of the largest fires in east texas history. so far they have it 40% contained. we have 12 separate fire departments responding to the fire as well as eight bulldozers from the texas forest service and three aircraft. >> how did it get started? >> they're suspecting it was started from an overheated wheel bearing on a trailer that was being pulled down a road. >> oh, my goodness. and then what about homes, neighborhoods being threatened by this fire? >> okay. yesterday we had five communities -- five small communities that had been evacuated. we have lost six camp houses from a hunting camp and two homes were lost yesterday. >> incredible. and then what's the forecast? is there any hope on the horizon that there might be a little relief on the way? >> unfortunately, no, not in the next day or so. today we are having the same weather pattern we had yesterday. very high winds, very

karen travers, abc news in the pentagon. >> hundreds of people marched around the san francisco civic center to mark the anniversary on the war on drugs . similar rallies took place all over california and denounced the drug wars as a failed policy and resulted in the incarceration of millions of people. they said that drug ofeppeders should not go to jail but be given treatment. >>> and president nixon poparized the war on drugs 40 years ago today. >> illicit drug use is what it was in the cents and the obama administration committed 10 billion for drug treatment and prevention. >> former tv talk show montel william is in trouble with the marijuana community. vendors say they were not paid in six months. one dispensary owes him 20,000. it is unclear whether the former owner or williams is responsible for the debts. >> warm and sunny and looks like a pattern. >> it is a gorgeous pattern. >> that is going to hold up get warmer on father's day. but today, it is near the coast cooled down a bit. look at the high definition camera. it is low cloud and fog. it is clear that it is cloudy in

ok karen i'd like to go to you in washington a lot of the dissenters of what's going on in decision making with the euro and with greece is that they claim that bailouts are not for great greece and not for its but federal budgets and whatnot it's to bail out banks in greece that have a lot of exposure are arms are german banks have a lot of exposure french banks etc in greece this is what the bailout is all about to save banks not necessarily a country's economy how do you sir how do you see that. there's something to that but it's greek banks that are most on the hook here and i think greek depositors will be very disappointed if the e.u. just shock a speaker tomorrow because they find out that all of the breaks have justified. do you see that's nothing that any greek voter wants of course mr how do you see that because there is this there is this perception of the problem this is exactly part of the problem that if there were to be a disorderly default almost immediately the greek banks would probably shut down now actually a lot of people in greece have already worked that out and this

the week's biggest stories on our panel tonight hey pavlik news editor and writer at townhall dot com karen finney democratic strategist and jamie weinstein senior editor at the daily caller welcome to all of you and let's get started. yeah. the new jersey state house passed a harsh anti-union bill yesterday that shreds public employee benefits cuts off cause the living increases their pensions and kills their collective bargaining rights but this isn't new. new got new jersey governor chris christie is just one of several republican governors and declared war on the middle thoughts all around america as this chart shows the american people are turning against this radical right wing agenda's republican governors around the country are watching their poll numbers plummet and shouldn't governor rick snyder for example the numbers have dropped twenty five points since he won the election last year so all these republicans. listen to their constituents and abandon their war on the middle class or will they just ramp up their war of democracy with voter id laws to disenfranchise millions of vot

actually we don't have karen travers, we'll have that later on. around the country new evacuation order in north dakota tonight. >> 11,000 residents of minot, north dakota were given mandatory evacuation. >> there are rating kufshz that they're dealing with in the past. >> the bottom of what is a bowl, the water overtopping the river's banks is coming from canada, the result of heavy rains and a posive late season snow felt. the river not expected to crest until sunday. >> we're higher than the flood of 1969. and we'll press higher than 1969 and five feet higher than recorded going back to the flood of 1881. >> residents have been putting up a fight and kol vol lun tears help to fill sandbags around buildings, turning them into fortified islands. but with a flood of this magnitude there is little left to do but retreat. and evacuees look for rev nuj, nuj, -- refuge, they're short on places to stay, there is an oil boom in north dakota. >> very four little boys and am a single father. i am scared out of my mind. >> the citizens of minot know the fl

karen travers abc washington. thanks for joining us. i am carolyn johnson. >> a crime of fashion. a man taken off of a flight and arrested for sagging pants. >> back to the drawing board as governor brown vetos a budget that lawmakers passed. >> a charity program that is accused of profiting. >>> and we have breaking news. >> the wreck is cleared on the golden gate bridge but traffic is backed up for miles coming in san francisco. we can see the snarled traffic. >> all lanes opened a half an hour ago but it will take time to clear out the back up. head on collision happened near the south tower of the bridge. you can see the tow truck removing the cars. >> the drivers had minor injuries and the wreck shut down all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes for more than an hour. >> this is video from bridge level of that accident. you can see at least three cars are involve they were badly damaged and all lanes are open now . it is quite sometime and slow going across the golden gate bridge particularly southbound. >> and a young bay area man kicked off of an airplane because he wo

and we've heard from jackie spears office, calling for 30,000 to withdraw by the end of the year, and karen trevors report that had is within the ballpark accord together white house, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you, mark. abc news will carry the speech live right here on abc 7 today at 5:00. >> and the state department is warning americans to not participate in an international flotilla. three residents will be among 50 who plan to participate in a so called freedom flotilla this month. state department warning the gaza coast is dangerous, volatile and notes the israeli navy stopped previous flotillas resulting in death, injuries and arrest. >> still ahead a huge fire this afternoon in georgia. what was burning there? >> and they're here to say thanks. a ship's visit to san francisco on the 60th anniversary of an important treaty with the u.s.. >> another look at trafrk this, is the sky way. you can see nobody going anywhere, fast. both southbound and northbound traffic is really clo at this point f you're planning summer vacation, taking off this week, here is spencer with a look.

karen travers joins us with more on how the outsiders are shaking up the race. >> good evening, larry . >> it seems lately noncandidates are making the biggest splash. they are staying out of the presidential race so far. >> pizza in mat manhattan and statue of liberty. if you are sarah palin, your every move is viewed through a political lens. today she continued her east coast bus tour, one that is not a campaign trip but paid for by her political action committee. if her buzz tour sparked an increase of president. >> we want to see the country. >> sarah palin has the uncanny ability to find a way to get herself in the media spotlight. she's not the only noncandidate generating a lot of attention. chris christy seemed to rule out a presidential run and telling diane sawyer. >> i don't feel ready in my heart. >> but yesterday christie had dinner with a group. >> you don't see people behind one candidate because we understand the stakes of getting the decision right. what does that moob for mitt romney and tim paw lenny. - pawlenty. >> there is a lot of oxygen sucked out and the atten